Views about size of government among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by views about size of government
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 64% | 33% | 1% | 3% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 77% | 16% | 2% | 5% | 259 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 89% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 77% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 249 |
Episcopal Church | 91% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 187 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 86% | 11% | 3% | 1% | 292 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 79% | 18% | 2% | 1% | 501 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 83% | 13% | 3% | < 1% | 102 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 88% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 289 |
National Baptist Convention | 30% | 66% | 2% | 2% | 111 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 74% | 17% | 3% | 5% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 91% | 7% | < 1% | 2% | 443 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 61% | 35% | 1% | 3% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 68% | 28% | 2% | 3% | 1,083 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 85% | 11% | 1% | 4% | 166 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 83% | 14% | 1% | 2% | 1,190 |
United Methodist Church | 86% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 870 |
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