Parent of children under 18 among members of the United Methodist Church by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among members of the United Methodist Church by parental status

% of members of the United Methodist Church who are…

Political ideologyParentsNon-parentsSample size
Conservative23%77%723
Moderate27%73%623
Liberal22%78%243
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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