Party affiliation among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by political party
% of who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who identify as…
Interpreting scripture | Republican/lean Rep. | No lean | Democrat/lean Dem. | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 31% | 22% | 48% | 373 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 44% | 13% | 43% | 827 |
Not the word of God | 20% | 15% | 65% | 2,362 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 30% | 46% | 282 |
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