Greater Idaho Movement and Other Secessionist Groups Look to Trump 2.0 as Their Time
Campaigns to change state borders or form new states speak to the divide among rural and urban, red and blue, that the 2024 election map showcases.
The Greater Idaho Movement, a campaign for rural, conservative eastern Oregon to secede from the state and join Idaho, is calling on President-elect Trump to support its cause.
The group sent to President-elect Trump this week an open letter, which they also posted to X, asking the incoming president for a meeting and arguing that “helping us achieve this would cement your legacy as a peacemaker and transformational president.”
“We need help from your administration to make this happen. The people here overwhelmingly voted for you,” the letter says. “We humbly ask you for your support in helping Eastern Oregonians achieve what the people have said they want, and that’s to join Idaho.”
Rural-Urban Fissures Grow
This isn’t the only secessionist or state border change movement gaining momentum these last few years, as the fissures in the rural-urban divide grow deeper along partisan lines. The 2024 election results map that shows a sea of red with blue dots around major cities and…