https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe Their Own Private Idaho: Five Oregon Counties Back a Plan to Secede States (US), Rural Areas, Secession and Independence Movements In nonbinding elections, parts of eastern Oregon said they wanted to join Idaho. The conservative region has long felt alienated from the liberal politics of Oregon’s population centers. BY KIRK JOHNSON https://ift.tt/3uegCWS May 22, 2021 at 05:33AM