The public also supports changing the law to allow for the assassination of people in foreign countries who commit terrorist attacks.
Turnbull supports changing the Marriage Act to allow same-sex unions but vowed to stick with the Coalition's plan to hold a plebiscite on the issue after taking the prime ministership from Tony Abbott in September.
Professor Melish, who grew up in Connecticut and lived for many years in Rhode Island, supports changing the name because "its continued use gives the subordination of African-Americans a sort of currency".
Gray told the Ledger that he supports changing Mississippi's state flag, which includes the controversial Confederate battle flag, as well as other standard party positions, such as more funding for the state's struggling schools.
"This is the ultimate Washington insiders-versus-America issue," said Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, a conservative political action committee that supports changing the tax system.
A spokesman for the Northern Territory police minister, Peter Chandler, said: "The NT government supports changing the classification of lever-action shotguns from category A to category B. This will have minimal impact on the majority of firearm owners in the Territory".
