Party affiliation among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by political party
% of who say religion 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 | 51% | 17% | 32% | 6,154 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 51% | 15% | 33% | 3,819 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 48% | 25% | 28% | 538 |
Not the word of God | 32% | 20% | 48% | 703 |
Other/don't know | 32% | 25% | 43% | 540 |
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