Views about government aid to the poor among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by views about government aid to the poor
% of who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who say government aid to the poor…
Religious tradition | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Catholic | 40% | 55% | 4% | 1% | 738 |
Evangelical Protestant | 42% | 55% | 3% | < 1% | 408 |
Historically Black Protestant | 39% | 57% | 1% | 3% | 111 |
Jewish | 25% | 71% | 4% | < 1% | 144 |
Mainline Protestant | 39% | 55% | 4% | 1% | 647 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 27% | 68% | 4% | 1% | 1,396 |
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