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 scriptureRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Word of God; should be taken literally51%17%32%6,154
Word of God; not everything taken literally51%15%33%3,819
Word of God; other/don't know48%25%28%538
Not the word of God32%20%48%703
Other/don't know32%25%43%540
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