Party affiliation among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by political party

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Catholic46%15%39%2,774
Evangelical Protestant55%13%32%2,469
Historically Black Protestant11%10%79%466
Jehovah's Witness8%75%17%102
Jewish40%11%49%184
Mainline Protestant52%13%35%2,158
Mormon78%8%14%360
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")31%28%42%713
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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