Party affiliation among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by political party
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who identify as…
Religious denomination | Republican/lean Rep. | No lean | Democrat/lean Dem. | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 45% | 13% | 42% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 78% | 8% | 14% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 56% | 8% | 36% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 45% | 12% | 43% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 50% | 9% | 42% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 52% | 17% | 32% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 58% | 18% | 24% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 9% | 8% | 83% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 71% | 10% | 20% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 31% | 27% | 42% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 30% | 27% | 43% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 44% | 10% | 46% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 61% | 10% | 29% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 56% | 9% | 35% | 686 |
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