The Oregon 'Divorce': Conservatives Aim to Exit, Join 'Greater Idaho'

LA PINE, Oregon – Most folks in eastern Oregon will tell you there are really two Oregons: a mostly liberal western Oregon and mostly conservative eastern Oregon. These two regions are separated by much more than the majestic Cascade Mountain range.

Western Oregon is dominated by Portland, an urban bastion of progressive policy that prides itself on being "weird." Portland is also plagued by epidemic levels of crime, drug abuse, homelessness, and mental illness.

Because of its large population, Portland drives state politics. Portland's leaders have become state leaders and Portland's progressive policies have become state policies. That's resulted in drug legalization, gun control, and other progressive laws being forced on the very conservative communities of rural, eastern Oregon.

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