Political ideology among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by political ideology

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

Religious traditionConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
Catholic39%36%21%5%6,083
Evangelical Protestant54%27%13%6%7,452
Historically Black Protestant37%33%24%6%1,761
Jehovah's Witness20%22%13%45%126
Jewish35%38%25%3%288
Mainline Protestant39%37%18%6%4,683
Mormon63%25%8%3%626
Muslim23%41%30%6%202
Orthodox Christian35%49%14%1%138
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%37%28%10%2,430
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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