Greater Idaho Is Actually Happening? (Video)
In this 17 February 2025 video, eastern counties within the state of Oregon are voting to join Idaho.
Eastern Oregon is relatively rural and conservative, compared to the more heavily populated and politically liberal north-western corner of Oregon. Those same north-western urban areas have a majority in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. Idaho is largely conservative compared to Oregon, motivating some conservatives in eastern Oregon to advocate for relocating the border. Oregon governor Tina Kotek acknowledged the movement in 2023 saying, “I think there are a lot of Oregonians who are frustrated and don’t feel heard. That, I think, is what the movement is about.”
Per Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
As of July 2024, thirteen counties in Oregon had approved ballot measures in favor of Greater Idaho:
https://youtu.be/0bVpVbHESog
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