Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who say government aid to the poor…

StateDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Alaska35%58%6%1%141
Arizona39%54%5%2%223
California31%63%4%2%1,621
Colorado36%60%3%1%221
Connecticut43%52%4%1%180
Delaware32%63%3%2%115
District of Columbia15%83%1%1%142
Florida41%55%2%1%731
Georgia36%55%7%2%232
Hawaii36%55%7%2%141
Idaho39%59%2%< 1%104
Illinois32%64%2%2%472
Indiana48%46%4%2%171
Kentucky37%54%8%1%112
Louisiana45%48%7%1%104
Maine32%63%2%2%142
Maryland30%64%5%1%255
Massachusetts35%63%1%< 1%391
Michigan39%57%2%2%321
Minnesota30%66%2%2%211
Missouri38%56%4%2%196
Montana42%56%2%1%118
Nevada41%54%4%1%137
New Hampshire29%66%2%3%146
New Jersey36%58%4%2%341
New Mexico30%63%2%5%121
New York31%64%4%1%847
North Carolina38%60%2%< 1%289
North Dakota47%49%2%1%100
Ohio41%53%5%2%314
Oklahoma33%60%5%2%100
Oregon24%74%2%< 1%180
Pennsylvania41%55%2%2%471
Rhode Island31%63%2%4%133
Tennessee40%57%1%3%129
Texas42%54%3%2%663
Vermont18%79%1%2%176
Virginia41%53%3%3%298
Washington26%71%2%1%314
Wisconsin30%66%2%2%206
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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