Voters are split down the middle on whether National Football League players should kneel during the national anthem to protest racial disparity in the country, according to a new poll.

Quinnipiac University researchers, in a survey released Thursday, found 47 percent of voters approve of players refusing to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and another 47 percent disapprove. The rest of the poll’s respondents were undecided.

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