Political ideology among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who attend services weekly or more by political ideology

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who are…

Religious denominationConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA47%36%13%4%202
Assemblies of God67%18%10%4%314
Church of God in Christ46%28%20%6%123
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints65%27%5%3%500
Churches of Christ54%29%12%4%280
Episcopal Church29%37%33%1%168
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)33%41%23%3%266
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)69%21%6%3%439
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)52%29%14%5%123
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod63%27%8%2%221
National Baptist Convention36%37%20%7%297
Nondenominational charismatic66%21%5%8%122
Nondenominational evangelical69%23%5%3%487
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%32%23%13%220
Presbyterian Church (USA)42%31%23%3%213
Seventh-day Adventist39%34%17%9%115
Southern Baptist Convention73%19%5%3%1,109
United Methodist Church50%36%11%3%761
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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