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Fig. 1. “Greater Idaho” would include much of the proposed state of Jefferson. Screen capture by the Sacramento Bee published November 3, 2021.^[1]

CBS News Los Angeles, “Official Calls For Riverside, 12 Other Counties To Secede From California,” July 1, 2011, https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/official-calls-for-riverside-12-other-counties-to-secede-from-california/

Jennifer Medina, “California Counties Talk of Cutting Ties to State,” New York Times, July 12, 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/us/13secession.html

Public CEO, “Modoc County Votes to Join Siskiyou in Secessionist Movement,” September 24, 2013, https://www.publicceo.com/2013/09/breaking-modoc-county-votes-to-join-siskiyou-in-secessionist-movement/

Evan McMurry, “5 far-right groups trying to secede from America,” Salon, October 12, 2013, https://www.salon.com/2013/10/12/five_different_culturally_homogenous_secessionist_movements_partner/

Katie Orr, “The Renewed Effort For The State Of Jefferson,” KPBS, October 28, 2013, https://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/oct/28/renewed-effort-state-jefferson/

Gregory Ferenstein, “Tim Draper Wants To Split California Into Pieces And Turn Silicon Valley Into Its Own State,” TechCrunch, December 19, 2013, https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/19/tim-draper-six-californias-secede-silicon-valley-ballot-initiative/

Jim Miller, “Six Californias initiative fails to make 2016 ballot,” Sacramento Bee, September 12, 2014, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article2609555.html

Alexei Koseff, “State of Jefferson brings three more California counties on board,” Sacramento Bee, January 15, 2015, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article6684729.html

Elizabeth Larson, “Supervisors vote to place State of Jefferson matter on November 2016 ballot,” Lake County News, March 4, 2015, https://www.lakeconews.com/component/content/article/142-local-government/40796-supervisors-vote-to-place-state-of-jefferson-matter-on-november-2016-ballot

Jane Braxton Little, “State of Jefferson proponents again try to persuade Plumas County supervisors,” Sacramento Bee, April 15, 2015, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article18557765.html

Eli Nymeyer, “Another step toward Jefferson: 3-2 vote puts secession on November ballot,” Lake County Record-Bee, March 3, 2015, http://www.record-bee.com/general-news/20150303/another-step-toward-jefferson-3-2-vote-puts-secession-on-november-ballot

Alexei Koseff, “State of Jefferson supporters plan bill seeking independence from California,” Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2016, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article53355675.html

Mike Pearl, “Meet the California Separatists Leading a New Movement to Secede from the United States,” Vice, February 17, 2016, https://www.vice.com/en/article/wd7a94/meet-the-californians-inspired-by-scotland-to-pursue-independent-nationhood

Seung Lee, “Calexit? Brexit Buoys California Independence Movement,” Newsweek, June 25, 2016, https://www.newsweek.com/calexit-brexit-buoys-california-independence-movement-474576

Clare Foran, “American Secessionists Dream of Declaring Independence,” Atlantic, July 4, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/secession-trump-brexit/489689/

Annabelle Timsit, “5 U.S. Independence Movements Inspired by Brexit,” Politico, July 4, 2016, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/5-us-independence-movements-inspired-by-brexit-214010/

Olivia Solon, “Silicon Valley investors call for California to secede from the US after Trump win,” Guardian, November 9, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/09/trump-win-california-secede-calexit-silicon-valley

Lenny Mendonca, “California must lead, not secede,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2016, https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-must-lead-not-secede-10804752.php

Alexei Koseff, “State of Jefferson supporters plan bill seeking independence from California,” Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2016, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article53355675.html

Lake County News, “State of Jefferson update: Plumas supervisors rescind Jefferson advisory vote resolution,” January 14, 2016, https://www.lakeconews.com/news/142-local-government/44797–state-of-jefferson-update-plumas-supervisors-rescind-jefferson-advisory-vote-resolution

Elizabeth Larson, “State of Jefferson update: Lassen County residents vote down joining Jefferson, supporters plan assembly,” Lake County News, June 13, 2016, https://www.lakeconews.com/component/content/article/142-local-government/46712-state-of-jefferson-update-lassen-county-residents-vote-down-joining-jefferson-supporters-plan-assembly

Sharon Bernstein, “More Californians dreaming of a country without Trump: poll,” Reuters, January 23, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-california-secession/more-californians-dreaming-of-a-country-without-trump-poll-idUSKBN1572KB

Nicole Sganga, “Cal-exit? Meet the movement for Californian secession,” CBS News, February 20, 2017, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cal-exit-meet-the-movement-for-californian-secession/

Thomas Fuller, “California’s Far North Deplores ‘Tyranny’ of the Urban Majority,” New York Times, July 2, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/us/california-far-north-identity-conservative.html

Reuters, “Tech billionaire says his plan to break up California ready for voters,” April 12, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-partition/tech-billionaire-says-his-plan-to-break-up-california-ready-for-voters-idUSKBN1HJ36D

Andrea Diaz, “3 Californias? The initiative to break up the state may be on the ballot in November,” CNN, April 13, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/us/california-closer-to-split-into-three-states-trnd/index.html

Redding Record-Searchlight, “Siskiyou supervisors support withdrawal from California,” Eureka Times-Standard, July 30, 2018, https://www.times-standard.com/2013/09/04/siskiyou-supervisors-support-withdrawal-from-california/

Jason Morash and Jason Morash Lake, “County finds Jefferson proposal lacking,” Lake County Record-Bee, August 23, 2018, https://www.record-bee.com/2015/12/16/county-finds-jefferson-proposal-lacking/

Ryan Sabalow, Lara Korte, and Jason Pohl, “Rural California is divided, armed for revolt. What’s the matter in the State of Jefferson?” Sacramento Bee, October 24, 2020, https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article246652603.html

Ryan Sabalow, “Newsom lost big in California’s conservative State of Jefferson. It barely mattered,” Sacramento Bee, September 15, 2021, https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article254263153.html

Hailey Branson-Potts, “In red California, anger over recall blowout. ‘The Democratic Party is the New York Yankees,’” Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2021, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-18/rural-red-california-recall-election

Maria L. La Ganga and Anita Chabria, “The Central Valley gives California a recall rarity: a squeaker of a race,” Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2021, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-18/newsom-california-recall-race-tight-fresno-merced

Michael Levenson, “Bye, Maryland? Lawmakers in 3 Counties Float a Plan to Secede From the State,” New York Times, October 22, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/us/politics/maryland-counties-west-virginia-request.html

Maddie Capron, “Should Idaho swallow parts of Oregon? Thousands of Oregon voters want it considered,” Sacramento Bee, November 3, 2021, https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article255509141.html

Dani Anguiano, “California county on track to be run by militia-aligned group,” Guardian, February 3, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/california-county-controlled-by-militia-group

Sam Stanton, “Did Russia provide funding and support for booster of California secession movement?” Sacramento Bee, August 1, 2022, https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264043131.html

Christian Martinez, “Could San Bernardino County secede from California? Voters may have a say in November,” Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2022, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-05/san-bernardino-county-secession-california-november-ballot-measure

David Allen, “Support for San Bernardino County secession ‘overwhelming,’ backer says,” San Bernardino Sun, August 10, 2022, https://www.sbsun.com/2022/08/09/support-for-san-bernardino-county-secession-overwhelming-backer-says/

Dani Anguiano, “A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: ‘We’re a test case,’” Guardian, April 22, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/california-journalist-far-right-takover-shasta-county

Matt Vasilogambros, “An Eastern Oregon effort to join Idaho reflects the growing American divide,” Stateline, September 6, 2023, https://stateline.org/2023/09/06/an-eastern-oregon-effort-to-join-idaho-reflects-the-growing-american-divide/

1. ^[1]Maddie Capron, “Should Idaho swallow parts of Oregon? Thousands of Oregon voters want it considered,” Sacramento Bee, November 3, 2021, https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article255509141.html↩