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Despite a growing number of high-profile politicians and athletes speaking out against the name of the Washington football team, most local fans don’t think they should change their name, a new poll found.

A poll conducted by Vox Populi earlier this week found that 65 percent of NFL fans in the D.C. area “reject changing the [team’s] name.” Moreover, of the 701 people polled, 77 percent of them who identified as fans of the team thought they shouldn’t change their name. 71 percent of the polling populous don’t think the team’s name is offensive and neither did 83 percent of those who identify as Washington football team fans.

“It appears that Washington [football team] fans are standing behind owner Dan Snyder’s commitment to keep their team name,” Vox Populi polling spokeswoman Lisa Boothe said in a statement. “Despite calls from some to change the [team’s] namesake, the vast majority of fans do not find the team name offensive.”

The poll, which was conducted between July 20 and 21, includes 701 people who live in “either Washington, D.C., the Commonwealth of Virginia within the Washington DMA, or in one of the following counties in the state of Maryland: Montgomery, Prince George’s, Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert.”

Like polls have shown time and time and time and time again, most people—both local and national NFL fans—don’t think the team should change its name.

But it appears people don’t just think the team shouldn’t change their name, the new Vox Populi poll suggests most people wouldn’t buy team merch if they did, with 56 percent saying so.