Party affiliation among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by political party

% of Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm who identify as…

Religious denominationRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Assemblies of God35%23%42%178
Churches of Christ32%9%59%221
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)31%22%47%278
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod32%16%52%148
Nondenominational evangelical45%16%39%203
Southern Baptist Convention41%14%45%572
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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