13 Oregon counties vote to secede and join Idaho
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I don't think it'll go through just for the fact nobody wants to pay to redraw state lines. Looking at the map of the counties, there is a huge awkwardness with the county lines, with some strictly Oregon counties still being within the proposed Greater Idaho. That's a lot of land and property to move, sell, etc.
13 counties making 10% of the population voting in favor at 53%. Unfortunately, the rest of Oregon will probably just Occam's Razor it and tell the 5.3% of the population that wants to join Idaho to move to Idaho themselves.
That may very well be the excuse they use, but the real reason is leftists see everyone else as plebs and feel entitled to rule them. It's why they went scorched earth on Trump, why they stole the 2020 election, and why they kept pushing for more Brexit referendums until they got the result they wanted. They just don't believe in self determination for anyone but themselves.