https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/02/secede-to-idaho-heres-why-disgruntled-oregon-residents-are-hoping-to-do-just-that/Maddie Capron, Idaho Statesman
Idaho Published at 10:16 am, February 15, 2020 | Updated at 10:16 am, February 15, 2020
BOISE (Idaho Statesman)– If some Oregon residents get their way, Idaho could see a growth spurt.
A group of residents in southwestern Oregon created a petition to move Idaho’s border west to include part of their state, NBC5 News reported. It’s part of the “Greater Idaho†project, which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that more closely aligns with their political preferences, they say.
Proponents say the “swaths of conservative, pro-Trump, anti-tax voters†in rural parts of Oregon have more in common with Idaho, and they want to claim it as their own state, The News-Review reported.