How important is being a Christian to being American? (December 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely important | 19% |
| Very important | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 14% |
| Not very important | 10% |
| Not important | 39% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 11% | 6% | 31% |
| Very important | 9% | 15% | 14% |
| Somewhat important | 10% | 18% | 17% |
| Not very important | 8% | 10% | 10% |
| Not important | 58% | 45% | 22% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 7% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 3% | 13% | 12% |
| Very important | 5% | 13% | 7% |
| Somewhat important | 9% | 16% | 7% |
| Not very important | 7% | 11% | 7% |
| Not important | 76% | 44% | 61% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 18% | 16% | 42% |
| Very important | 14% | 15% | 14% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 24% | 14% |
| Not very important | 7% | 18% | 8% |
| Not important | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 7% | 3% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 6% | 20% | 29% |
| Very important | 6% | 13% | 15% |
| Somewhat important | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Not very important | 10% | 8% | 10% |
| Not important | 65% | 33% | 25% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 11% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 9% | 4% | 5% |
| Very important | 2% | 4% | 11% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 10% | 4% |
| Not very important | 10% | 13% | 3% |
| Not important | 54% | 64% | 75% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 12% | 21% | 45% |
| Very important | 14% | 13% | 17% |
| Somewhat important | 21% | 19% | 12% |
| Not very important | 15% | 13% | 5% |
| Not important | 32% | 28% | 17% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 6% | 4% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 18% | 21% | 24% |
| Very important | 12% | 16% | 9% |
| Somewhat important | 14% | 16% | 13% |
| Not very important | 10% | 7% | 9% |
| Not important | 41% | 33% | 36% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 7% | 9% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 19% | 20% |
| Very important | 11% | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 13% | 15% |
| Not very important | 11% | 9% |
| Not important | 42% | 37% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 7% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 19% | 18% | 24% |
| Very important | 13% | 10% | 14% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 12% | 13% |
| Not very important | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| Not important | 34% | 44% | 36% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 7% | 5% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 10% | 17% | 19% | 29% |
| Very important | 11% | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Somewhat important | 18% | 16% | 13% | 10% |
| Not very important | 12% | 9% | 8% | 11% |
| Not important | 41% | 38% | 41% | 35% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 6% | 7% | 4% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 38% | 28% | 20% | 18% | 13% | 9% |
| Very important | 15% | 16% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Somewhat important | 4% | 11% | 13% | 27% | 18% | 8% |
| Not very important | 13% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 12% |
| Not important | 30% | 28% | 36% | 33% | 47% | 58% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 7% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 40% | 9% | 2% | 1% |
| Very important | 18% | 12% | 7% | 1% |
| Somewhat important | 12% | 24% | 17% | 2% |
| Not very important | 7% | 14% | 16% | 5% |
| Not important | 17% | 33% | 51% | 86% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 8% | 7% | 4% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely important | 42% | 16% | 1% | 7% |
| Very important | 18% | 14% | 1% | 4% |
| Somewhat important | 17% | 18% | 5% | 7% |
| Not very important | 8% | 11% | 6% | 19% |
| Not important | 10% | 34% | 84% | 39% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 6% | 3% | 23% |
