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Posted on 11/05/2020 4:38:17 PM PST by Twotone
Tired of Democratic dominance in Oregon, some rural voters on Tuesday endorsed a plan to split off from the liberal state and join their conservative-friendly neighbor Idaho.
Two conservative counties approved a non-binding ballot measure to "Move Oregon's Borders" as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden easily carried the rest of the state, AFP reports. The measure failed in two other counties.
"In the United States, the differences between liberal and conservative... there's hatred there," said Mike McCarter, the chief petitioner of the ballot measure in Union and Jefferson counties.
"Populated urban areas are controlling the mass of everybody," he told AFP.
The Democratic stronghold of Portland dominates Oregon politics statewide. The last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was Ronald Reagan in 1984. Idaho, on the other hand, is a reliable Republican state that has not voted for a Democratic president since 1964.
Neither county that approved the ballot measure borders Idaho. Union County is in the northeastern part of the state while Jefferson County is in the middle on the western half.
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Interesting.
I wonder if this is going to catch on.
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Are they geographically adjacent to Idaho?
Western WA should do the same.
How about forming a new country? Will that catch on?
Yes, they are up on the border.
Not Spokane........
One other possibility is to hold county wide referendums to SECEDE from Oregon and if it succeeds, form a state and apply for inclusion as the 51st state of the union.
“Neither county that approved the ballot measure borders Idaho. Union County is in the northeastern part of the state while Jefferson County is in the middle on the western half.”
No, but it’s certainly a good idea to complain about the lack of real representation in the state. R’s should be pushing for a different electoral college. One driven by counties, not states.
Trade Vermont and Massachusetts to Canada for Manitoba and a western province to be named later.
I’m looking at a map. Union and Jefferson counties are not on the border.
I’ll throw in NY for free, too.
Trump has NY roots but he actually did better there than Colorado.
U.S. Constitution, Article IV, section 3: “no new states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the Congress.”
Parts of MD could join WV.
Been trying that forever
Probably why they are grafting onto an existing state as opposed yt creating a new state.
It needs to catch on A LOT......like wildfire......nationwide.
Earlier this year, WV invited a big chunk of Virginia Proper to join with them when the fight against Northam’s gun restrictions was in full swing.
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