Posted on 04/24/2024 8:27:17 AM PDT by Cronos
I think there is justification for many states to adjust their borders. Can it be done? Aside from miniscule border adjustments, has there ever been large-scale adjustments?
Fat fake injun throws phony shade on Oregon Escape plan.
Oh Noes! Abortion won’t be on demand! Run for your lives!
Undoubtedly all the Mexicans in Pendleton will be traumatized
Klamath Falls is pretty liberal. Im afraid their votes would not benefit Idaho.
As a landowner in Eastern Oregon, already convinced that Greater Idaho should happen, you’ve just convinced me more :)
Changing state borders requires assent by the state legislatures involved as well as Congress.
Most of these things are not legitimate aspects of government anyway, and should be eliminated.
I would LOVE to see this happen.
The trend would be for lower Illinois to split down the middle with the West half asking to join Missouri and the East half asking to join Indiana.
Then Southeastern California can petition to join Arizona.
It would make for some interesting realignment of electoral votes.
“Klamath Falls is pretty liberal. Im afraid their votes would not benefit Idaho.”
At least the proposed border leaves Bend in with the rest of the Commies. Since it’s in the middle of nowhere some may think it’s a good Republican area.
I presume the recent leftward lurch in Deschutes County is coming from nutbuckets who can’t stand Portland or Gresham anymore, and want someplace new (Bend) to ruin. That plus the inescapable Mexican invasion that’s going on pretty much everywhere.
No far-left state is going to split in “half” — ever.
Why would Democrats concede to going from a situation where a state has 2 Democrat Senators, to having the same area on the map suddenly have 2 Democrat Senators and 2 Republican Senators?
Never happen.
A state would have to split into at least 3 parts (2 of which favor Democrats) or it will never have the slightest chance of being allowed.
There would be no change to senators since Eastern Oregon would be joining Idaho. Oregon would benefit since Eastern Oregon only draws revenue and provides Republicans to the state legislature.
“There would be no change to senators since Eastern Oregon would be joining Idaho.”
No kidding. That’s why I wasn’t talking about Oregon/Idaho and was specifically referring to states splitting in HALF, like that one poster wished for in Illinois.
If I lived in eastern Oregon, of course I’d be all for joining Idaho. It’s to have actual representation instead of being overwhelmed and outvoted by the sewage from the rest of the state which makes Oregon permanently “blue”.
Eastern Oregon University is in LaGrande. It could become Western Idaho University.
And then what happens when Eastern Washington wants to join Idaho?
“The trend would be for lower Illinois to split down the middle with the West half asking to join Missouri and the East half asking to join Indiana.”
Indiana sure as hell does not want Chicago.
You miss my point-they want to flee Illinois to get out f4rom under the leftist death-grip Chicago has on Illinois.
I say split it into three part with Iowa, Mizzou and Indiana taking the areas next to them and leave Illinois as Greater Chicago, Springfield and East St. Louis.
That way, Mizzou, Iowa and Indiana get more electoral votes and more conservative citizens and the parasitic lefties in Chicago and Springfield can feed off of their own with fewer electoral votes.
It’s a win/win!
A new state needs to be created. Take the existing State of Jefferson proposal and add Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington.
Actually, we need about fifty new states for more accurate representation. Every major metro area needs to be expelled into statehood.
“A new state needs to be created. Take the existing State of Jefferson proposal and add Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington.”
I like the idea, but anything which increases Republican representation in the House or Senate and/or detracts from liberal representation is a non-starter. Now if it were the other way around, they’d force it through by the end of the week.
Wowza!
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