Interpreting scripture among members of the Southern Baptist Convention by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation among members of the Southern Baptist Convention by interpretation of scripture
% of members of the Southern Baptist Convention 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. | 64% | 23% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 1,208 |
No lean | 53% | 22% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 177 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | 55% | 27% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 460 |
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