Party affiliation among Mainline Protestants by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Mainline Protestants by political party

% of Mainline Protestants who identify as…

Sources of guidance on right and wrongRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Religion52%16%33%1,825
Philosophy/reason39%11%50%647
Common sense42%17%41%2,990
Science35%13%52%424
Don't know33%25%42%197
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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