Party affiliation among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by political party

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who identify as…

Metro areaRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Atlanta Metro Area25%21%54%146
Boston Metro Area23%13%63%270
Chicago Metro Area20%20%61%353
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area28%21%50%179
Detroit Metro Area29%16%55%124
Houston Metro Area39%20%41%171
Los Angeles Metro Area25%16%59%463
Miami Metro Area23%18%60%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area29%17%55%147
New York City Metro Area21%13%66%771
Philadelphia Metro Area23%15%62%306
Phoenix Metro Area23%18%58%136
Providence Metro Area33%17%50%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area30%18%52%115
San Diego Metro Area31%11%58%141
San Francisco Metro Area14%12%75%302
Seattle Metro Area18%20%63%171
Tampa Metro Area27%23%50%123
Washington, DC Metro Area23%12%66%416
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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