Party affiliation among adults who say religion is very important by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say religion is very important by political party

% of adults who say religion is very important who identify as…

Religious denominationRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA40%15%45%338
Assemblies of God61%17%22%408
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)54%19%27%101
Church of God in Christ14%11%76%144
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints74%11%15%543
Churches of Christ52%11%37%374
Episcopal Church40%10%50%244
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)44%11%45%408
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)60%17%22%631
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)49%14%36%167
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod64%13%22%316
National Baptist Convention5%8%87%427
Nondenominational charismatic61%11%28%151
Nondenominational evangelical70%13%17%581
Nothing in particular (religion important)24%29%46%753
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%9%46%269
Presbyterian Church in America63%6%30%106
Seventh-day Adventist36%20%44%140
Southern Baptist Convention67%10%24%1,516
United Church of Christ34%10%57%128
United Methodist Church58%10%33%1,021
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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