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re: Five Oregon counties to vote on leaving state, escaping to 'Greater Idaho'
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:28 am to GoldenBoy
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:28 am to GoldenBoy
quote:
That is going to be one weirdly shaped state.
Two of the counties trying to break off (Sherman and Lake) aren't contiguous with the other three (Grant, Baker, and Malheur) or Idaho itself - they would be two islands by themselves.
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 11:29 am
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Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:28 am to paperwasp
Do It. !
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:29 am to paperwasp
quote:
“It’s just the state government that we can’t stand.”
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:31 am to paperwasp
In both Oregon and California, the red parts of the state are the poorest and trashiest parts, and pretty much utterly dependent on the blue parts for what little they do have.
I'm sure another state would be just *clamoring* to take them in
I'm sure another state would be just *clamoring* to take them in
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:31 am to Brummy
quote:The graphic in the OP makes it look like it's 2/3 of the state.
Two of the counties trying to break off (Sherman and Lake) aren't contiguous with the other three (Grant, Baker, and Malheur) or Idaho itself - they would be two islands by themselves.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:31 am to Civildawg
quote:Mayor Broome will sue and MOP will fight it because "reasons".
So what happens after a majority votes yes? Idaho have to vote to accept them?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:32 am to texn
I feel bad for people in eastern Oregon/Washington, central/southern Illinois and everywhere in Minnesota outside of the twin cities. Their votes are completely wasted due to huge metro areas in one part of the state.
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 11:32 am
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:34 am to EmperorGout
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In both Oregon and California, the red parts of the state are the poorest and trashiest parts
Ah yes, because the miles of miles of homeless encampments, trash and drug paraphernalia everywhere, riots every weekend for almost a year, etc. all make Portland so much better than the rural areas.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:35 am to Marciano1
quote:
I feel bad for people in eastern Oregon/Washington, central/southern Illinois and everywhere in Minnesota outside of the twin cities. Their votes are completely wasted due to huge metro areas in one part of the state.
Do you feel bad if it's the other way around? Say in TN, Shelby and Davidson counties are blue in a sea of red and have basically no influence in the state government as far as numbers go.
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 11:36 am
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:36 am to GoldenBoy
It looks like Texas melted
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:36 am to EmperorGout
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In both Oregon and California, the red parts of the state are the poorest and trashiest part
Yeh, wine country and orange county are just trashballs
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:38 am to lsupride87
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Yeh, wine country and orange county are just trashballs
Orange County won't vote for a GOP presidential candidate again in your lifetime bud
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:41 am to lsupride87
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Yeh, wine country and orange county are just trashballs
Also, Napa is one of the most Democratic counties in the entire state. 0/2
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:43 am to EmperorGout
quote:I thought it was weird that he singled out the Willamette Valley for criticism when the blue areas are largely confined to the Portland area and a few college towns. I'd guess Willamette Valley is home to the vast majority of the rural population in OR and definitely the ag industry. The counties voting on this are mostly sparsely populated. Sherman County has less than 2k people. All 5 combined barely hit 50k.
In both Oregon and California, the red parts of the state are the poorest and trashiest parts,
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:44 am to J the tiger fan
quote:
Greater Idaho will be great
Based on that map, absolutely.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:45 am to Salmon
quote:Zoom your timeline out.
I guess eventually something like this will work..
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:48 am to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
quote:
Love it. We need to see more of this.
Absolutely. We should also taking time to thank the inventors of the Electoral College.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:50 am to Salmon
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wouldn't Idaho also have to approve this?
I don’t see why they wouldn’t. Idaho is getting a Cali influx like everyone else so they’d love to have some conservative infusion to offset that.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 12:17 pm to The Boat
If this is somehow successful, I truly believe this will be the rebranding of America as we know it. You are going to see many areas in the country split.
Eastern Oregon becomes Idaho
Eastern Washington joins Idaho as well
Upper Peninsula becomes a state
Upstate New York becomes a state
Colorado splits
California splits into 3 separate states
DC becomes a state
PR becomes a state
States with one major urban area controlling the other 90% of the state is going to cause major issues that simply cannot be resolved. USA will end up with 60-70+ states.
Eastern Oregon becomes Idaho
Eastern Washington joins Idaho as well
Upper Peninsula becomes a state
Upstate New York becomes a state
Colorado splits
California splits into 3 separate states
DC becomes a state
PR becomes a state
States with one major urban area controlling the other 90% of the state is going to cause major issues that simply cannot be resolved. USA will end up with 60-70+ states.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 12:18 pm to paperwasp
That's pretty awesome. Good luck to them.
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