I can see much of Washington State doing the same.
I hope Oregon does this too.
I am all for that. The I-5 corridor and West, East of I-5 starting at the foothills of the Cascades (East half of Clark County where I am) 2 States. Let Jay Inslee have his liberal utopia and half as many electoral votes. Heck with it, no need to make a new state, we will just become a larger Idaho and add to their electoral votes. (I love me some Idaho!)
“I can see much of Washington State doing the same.”
Take a look at my home state, Minnesota.
If you were to carve away the inner cities of Minneapolis/St Paul plus the first ring suburbs, Minnesota becomes a GOP-leaning state.
Sure there are a few Dem-leaning areas in the outstate (Austin, Mankato and the Iron Range) but as a whole, we could definitely elect more Republicans statewide.