Views about environmental regulation among Mainline Protestants who identify as white by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who identify as white by views about environmental protection

% of Mainline Protestants who identify as white who say…

Religious familyStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)41%54%3%2%488
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)28%68%2%1%244
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)32%63%3%3%564
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)37%58%2%3%822
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)43%52%2%3%1,630
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)38%56%3%3%293
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)39%55%3%3%495
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)39%56%2%3%607
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