Sources of guidance on right and wrong among republicans and Republican leaners by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among republicans and Republican leaners by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of republicans and Republican leaners who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic33%9%48%7%2%2,926
Evangelical Protestant67%4%25%2%2%5,056
Historically Black Protestant45%9%42%3%< 1%175
Jewish33%12%47%7%1%200
Mainline Protestant35%9%49%5%2%2,750
Mormon73%3%20%1%2%481
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")9%13%64%12%2%1,734
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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