Did Some Oregon Counties Vote To Secede Into Idaho?
Origin In May 2021, news outlets reported that a handful of counties in rural Oregon had voted in favor of moving towards seceding from the state and joining Idaho. For example, on May 19, The Hill published an article with the headline “Oregon counties vote to secede to Idaho,” which stated that: Voters in five rural Oregon counties approved measures on Tuesday to consider joining the state of Idaho, a part of a long-shot grassroots movement to break with a state dominated by liberal voters west of the Cascade Mountains. Voters in Malheur, Sherman, Grant, Baker and Lake counties all app...