Political ideology among Mainline Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by political ideology

% of Mainline Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

Religious denominationConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA46%33%14%7%194
Episcopal Church36%31%31%2%102
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)44%37%18%1%215
Presbyterian Church (USA)49%30%18%2%154
United Methodist Church60%29%8%3%609
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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