Party affiliation among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by political party

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Buddhist24%24%52%102
Catholic57%14%29%3,868
Evangelical Protestant71%12%17%5,851
Historically Black Protestant19%11%71%454
Jewish52%12%37%336
Mainline Protestant61%15%24%3,687
Mormon83%9%7%524
Orthodox Christian45%20%35%120
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%25%38%3,541
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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