Views about size of government among Mainline Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation by views about size of government

% of Mainline Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA38%57%1%4%303
Episcopal Church52%40%4%5%332
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)59%34%5%2%418
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)47%47%3%3%104
Presbyterian Church (USA)48%45%3%5%279
United Church of Christ41%53%3%3%167
United Methodist Church59%34%3%3%986
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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