Views about environmental regulation among republicans and Republican leaners by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among republicans and Republican leaners by views about environmental protection

% of republicans and Republican leaners who say…

Religious denominationStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA52%45%2%1%205
Assemblies of God58%37%3%2%288
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints63%33%3%2%467
Churches of Christ61%36%1%2%250
Episcopal Church57%38%3%2%192
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)54%45%< 1%1%280
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)65%30%3%1%516
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod61%36%2%2%289
Nondenominational charismatic56%41%2%1%110
Nondenominational evangelical60%35%3%2%486
Nothing in particular (religion important)48%46%3%3%562
Nothing in particular (religion not important)46%49%2%2%721
Presbyterian Church (USA)63%34%2%1%194
Southern Baptist Convention59%36%3%2%1,208
United Methodist Church56%39%2%3%889
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