§ The map · Arkansas
Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836.
Jackson signed two acts on the same day, one admitting Arkansas and one clearing the way for Michigan. One slave state, one free, seven months apart.
Asked how many people in the other party support political violence, Arkansas residents put the figure at 52.8%. Asked the same people whether they themselves support it, the answer comes back at 15.4%. The distance between what is believed and what is true is 37.4 points, across 1,149 respondents in Arkansas.
None of this requires anyone to be lying. It only requires everyone to be sure, and nobody to check.
Congressional Research Service R47747
America's Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab. Weekly from September 2022 to March 2026. 162,000 respondents nationally.
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