Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say the holy scripture is…
Party affiliation | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Republican/lean Rep. | 15% | 31% | 2% | 45% | 7% | 5,153 |
No lean | 15% | 19% | 2% | 51% | 12% | 2,630 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | 11% | 18% | 1% | 65% | 6% | 8,302 |
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