Fan poll: Don’t drop Redskins name

Sixty-five percent of those polled rejected calls for the NFL team to change its name, according to a poll by the Republican-leaning firm Vox Populi, released Wednesday. Thirty percent said the name should be changed.

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A growing number of lawmakers in recent months have called the Redskins name offensive and derogatory toward the Native American community, condemning both NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Redskins owner Dan Snyder.

However, the pollster said that of those polled, 71 percent said the team’s name is not offensive.

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