Party affiliation among 50-64 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 50-64 year olds by political party

% of 50-64 year olds who identify as…

Religious denominationRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA46%14%40%153
Assemblies of God61%11%28%150
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints69%8%23%163
Churches of Christ46%12%42%147
Episcopal Church42%11%47%155
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)38%13%49%196
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)59%15%25%283
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod58%11%31%144
National Baptist Convention6%8%87%170
Nondenominational evangelical71%12%16%235
Nothing in particular (religion important)27%23%50%550
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%20%54%753
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%10%45%124
Southern Baptist Convention59%8%32%629
United Methodist Church53%11%36%516
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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