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Do you think that churches and religious organizations in this country have too much power or too little power?
Churches and religious organizations have too much power · Asked in 4 waves, 1991–2018 · 5,183 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Far too much power | Too much power | About the right amount of power | Too little power | Far too little power | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,175 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,365 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,284 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 1,359 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 7% |
| 29% |
| 43% |
| 20% |
| 1% |
| 1175 |
| ±4 |
| Lower income | 7% | 30% | 37% | 24% | 2% | 426 | ±6 |
| Middle income | 7% | 25% | 48% | 20% | 1% | 364 | ±6 |
| Upper income | 9% | 30% | 48% | 13% | 1% | 287 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2018 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.