Survey: 70% Of Americans Want Feds To Keep Their Hands Off The Confederate Flag According to a recent survey conducted by Suffolk University and USA Today, 70 percent of people do not want the federal government to move forward with banning the sale of the Confederate flag. Liberals have been pushing the issue ever since the Charleston shooting, and especially after a photograph was released of shooter Dylann Roof posing with the flag. Still, it seems like the majority of America is keeping their head about the issue, given that the survey was taken right at the heat of the controversy. Even after Gov. Nikki Haleys pleads that the Confederate flag be removed from Southern Carolinas capitol grounds, 49 percent of respondents claimed that the flag represents Southern history and heritage and is not racist. 34 percent of participants believe the flag should be removed from official locations. Only a mere 19 percent feel that there should be federal action banning the sale or manufacture of the flag. What do you think? Do you believe the flag is a part of our history? 