yogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Oregon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoGreater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho - sh.itjust.workssh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGreater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho - sh.itjust.workssh.itjust.worksyogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Oregon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agowhy wouldn’t they just become their own state? did they forget that that’s allowed?
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoEstablishing a new state is very hard. Attempts to do so have been unsuccessful many times before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_partition_proposals_in_the_United_States It doesn’t help that this is not a large and popular movement. I have attended schools with more students than the resident populations of some of these counties. This is purely political theater by a relatively small group of people.
why wouldn’t they just become their own state? did they forget that that’s allowed?
Establishing a new state is very hard. Attempts to do so have been unsuccessful many times before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_partition_proposals_in_the_United_States
It doesn’t help that this is not a large and popular movement. I have attended schools with more students than the resident populations of some of these counties. This is purely political theater by a relatively small group of people.