Anonymous ID: 5b7af5 May 20, 2021, 3:35 a.m. No.13708446   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8512 >>8696

7 rural counties in Oregon that voted for Trump have voted to secede from the blue state and join Idaho

 

The seven counties that have voted in favor of the proposal - Lake, Grant, Baker, Malheur, Union, and Jefferson - overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

 

Joe Biden won Oregon with 57% of the vote, largely driven by more heavily populated counties near Portland, Eugene, and Bend. Meanwhile, neighboring Idaho was decisive victory for Trump, who won 64% of votes in the state.

 

Greater Idaho's goal would involve about three-quarters of Oregon's land area to become part of Idaho. It calls the situation a win-win for everyone in the state, saying the more urban northwest portion of the state "would be free of 'low-income, Trump-voting counties.'"

 

"Idaho respects traditional morality and justice, and it doesn't get in the way of rural livelihoods. It has lower tax rate and a lower cost of living," the group says. "We need to unite our neighbors around the idea of moving the border so that we can convince state legislators to stop holding our counties captive in a blue state."

 

In a statement Wednesday, a spokesperson for Greater Idaho told OPB the latest vote "proves that rural Oregon wants out of Oregon."

 

"If we're allowed to vote for which government officials we want, we should be allowed to vote for which government we want as well," he said.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/seven-oregon-counties-voted-trump-voted-to-secede-to-idaho-2021-5