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

% of conservatives who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic40%8%43%8%2%2,780
Evangelical Protestant70%3%22%2%2%4,975
Historically Black Protestant52%5%36%5%1%653
Jewish33%11%48%4%3%167
Mainline Protestant39%7%47%4%2%2,269
Mormon72%3%19%2%4%419
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")12%11%62%13%2%1,277
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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