Views about size of government among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by views about size of government
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm 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 | 27% | 69% | 1% | 3% | 225 |
Assemblies of God | 38% | 54% | 3% | 5% | 178 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 46% | 46% | 3% | 4% | 199 |
Churches of Christ | 40% | 54% | 2% | 3% | 221 |
Episcopal Church | 34% | 58% | 6% | 2% | 284 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 39% | 53% | 5% | 2% | 311 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 47% | 3% | 3% | 278 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 46% | 47% | 1% | 6% | 148 |
National Baptist Convention | 16% | 80% | 2% | 3% | 320 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 53% | 40% | 5% | 3% | 203 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 33% | 61% | 3% | 3% | 1,038 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 35% | 58% | 3% | 4% | 1,707 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 34% | 58% | 3% | 4% | 238 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 46% | 47% | 2% | 4% | 572 |
Unitarian | 13% | 69% | 7% | 10% | 136 |
United Church of Christ | 26% | 66% | 5% | 3% | 142 |
United Methodist Church | 43% | 48% | 4% | 4% | 688 |
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