Views about size of government among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by views about size of government
% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who would rather have…
Religious denomination | Smaller government; fewer services | Bigger government; more services | Depends | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 42% | 53% | 1% | 4% | 210 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 70% | 24% | 3% | 2% | 155 |
Churches of Christ | 54% | 40% | 3% | 3% | 161 |
Episcopal Church | 64% | 29% | 3% | 4% | 249 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 63% | 30% | 4% | 2% | 317 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 37% | 3% | 1% | 265 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 68% | 29% | < 1% | 2% | 184 |
National Baptist Convention | 19% | 78% | 2% | 1% | 176 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 76% | 23% | < 1% | 1% | 131 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 49% | 46% | 2% | 2% | 1,127 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 53% | 41% | 3% | 4% | 1,810 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 56% | 37% | 3% | 5% | 165 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 62% | 31% | 2% | 4% | 543 |
United Church of Christ | 51% | 41% | 4% | 4% | 119 |
United Methodist Church | 67% | 27% | 3% | 3% | 745 |
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