Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…
Party affiliation | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Republican/lean Rep. | < 1% | 28% | 33% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 22% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 4,660 |
No lean | < 1% | 27% | 24% | < 1% | 4% | 6% | 1% | 16% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 16% | < 1% | 1,314 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | < 1% | 29% | 23% | 1% | 12% | 1% | 2% | 18% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 3,568 |
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