Educational distribution among independents and those who don't lean to either party by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among independents and those who don't lean to either party by educational group

% of independents and those who don't lean to either party who have completed…

Religious traditionHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Catholic62%22%11%6%1,137
Evangelical Protestant53%33%9%5%1,210
Historically Black Protestant50%34%9%7%178
Jehovah's Witness62%26%10%2%184
Mainline Protestant46%32%13%9%805
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")52%31%12%5%1,463
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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