Views about government aid to the poor among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year by views about government aid to the poor

% of Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year who say government aid to the poor…

Religious denominationDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA48%47%3%2%190
Episcopal Church40%55%5%1%239
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)49%47%3%1%299
Presbyterian Church (USA)43%52%2%3%164
United Methodist Church58%38%3%2%615
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