Secession Talk Gets Serious: Oregon Counties Want Out

Insider: 'Greater Idaho' took one step closer to being a real thing this week, as 5 more counties have voted to secede from liberal Oregon in hopes of joining conservative Idaho.

Seven rural Oregon counties have already voted in favor of an effort aimed at leaving Oregon and becoming part of Idaho and organizers of the Greater Idaho movement say more counties will soon have the option on the ballot.

"We want out from underneath Oregon's governance and go underneath Idaho's governance, which we tend to match up better with, as far as our values go," the group's president, Mike McCarter, told Insider. "Now for 20 years plus, we've been trying to change the makeup and improve the makeup of the Oregon legislature but when you haven't got the vote, there's not much you can do about it."

The ballot measures called on officials in each county to start considering the move and are the first step of adding the region to Idaho.

Secession is going to become a huge issue in the rising generation. The odds of states breaking apart is very high. The potential for a total breakup are also high if decentralization and steps such as letting state shift their borders is prevented. Secession on some level is an outlet during periods of negative mood. Voters in Oregon leaving for Idaho, for example, will be busied with the political change if they move into Idaho. Should their frustrations be intensified under the current framework, they will look for solutions at the national level, be it secession or voting for nationalists.