§ The map · Georgia
Georgia ratified the Constitution in 1788, by a convention vote of 26-0, the 4th state to do so.
Unanimous, and fast. Georgia wanted a federal army on its frontier.
Asked how many people in the other party support political violence, Georgia residents put the figure at 52.7%. Asked the same people whether they themselves support it, the answer comes back at 20.2%. The distance between what is believed and what is true is 32.5 points, across 4,845 respondents in Georgia.
The trilogy begins where this gap ends: with people who are certain about each other and wrong.
Ratification votes and dates from the United States Senate Manual. Statehood dates from the National Archives. Where sources disagree, this map follows the Senate Manual and says so.
America's Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab. Weekly from September 2022 to March 2026. 162,000 respondents nationally.
Answer the same question yourself — six seats, from the world down to you, and then you see where every other reader landed.
All fifty-one cards on the map
Divided Houses, Book One of the Union Trilogy