Party affiliation among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by political party

% of Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never who identify as…

Religious denominationRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA41%18%41%129
Episcopal Church42%13%45%256
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)42%8%49%252
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%9%46%157
United Church of Christ29%12%59%108
United Methodist Church55%9%36%582
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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