Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who attend services monthly or yearly by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults who attend services monthly or yearly by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who attend services monthly or yearly who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Political ideologyReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Conservative34%8%49%7%2%3,729
Moderate19%13%57%9%2%4,224
Liberal17%17%50%13%2%2,743
Don't know28%7%52%7%5%518
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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