Political ideology among Mainline Protestants who are ages 65+ by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who are ages 65+ by political ideology

% of Mainline Protestants who are ages 65+ who are…

Religious familyConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)35%41%14%10%181
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)32%38%27%3%118
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)41%35%22%1%284
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)39%40%16%5%321
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)49%35%13%3%741
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)37%27%22%14%167
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)39%38%21%3%311
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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