Party affiliation among who do not believe in Hell by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who do not believe in Hell by political party

% of who do not believe in Hell who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Buddhist12%14%73%192
Catholic32%20%48%2,080
Evangelical Protestant43%19%38%957
Hindu14%20%66%118
Historically Black Protestant9%13%78%225
Jehovah's Witness6%77%16%215
Jewish20%7%73%637
Mainline Protestant36%14%50%2,056
Mormon64%12%24%227
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%19%60%5,272
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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