Poll: Most voters favor flag change or don't care

ATLANTA - A majority of Georgia voters either favor the change made in the state flag last year or don&#39;t care, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution/WSB-TV poll.<br> <br> In the survey, four in 10 voters said they opposed the change, including more than half of all white voters but only 11 percent of black voters. Twenty-four percent of those polled favored the changing of the state flag, and 35 percent expressed no opinion.<br> <br> The Legislature changed the flag in January 2001 under pressure from Gov. Roy Barnes and business leaders. The Confederate battle emblem prominent on the old flag was reduced to a fragment of its size, and is displayed with banners that have flown over the state.<br> <br> The poll showed that opposition to the flag change is strongest among native Georgians, and in rural areas where support of Confederate heritage is strongest.<br> <br> However, a quarter of Georgians who opposed changing the flag also say they&#39;ll vote for Barnes.<br> <br>