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→American Redoubt Relocation
People move to the American Redoubt from [[Nanny state]]s such as the "Left Coast" and the [[East Coast]]. "The [[East Coast]] and [[West Coast]]s had the most [[liberal states]] including [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Delaware]], [[New York]], [[Hawaii]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington]], [[Maine]], [[California]] and [[New Jersey]]." <ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie Accessed December 4, 2014</ref>
People move to the American Redoubt from [[Nanny state]]s such as the "Left Coast" and the [[East Coast]]. "The [[East Coast]] and [[West Coast]]s had the most [[liberal states]] including [[Vermont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Delaware]], [[New York]], [[Hawaii]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington]], [[Maine]], [[California]] and [[New Jersey]]." <ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie Accessed December 4, 2014</ref>
==Politics==
The American Redoubt movement differs from the [[Free State Movement]] where the Free State Movement seeks to have a threshold number of libertarian political activists move into a single state to gain a significant amount of political power in that state. In contrast, the American Redoubt movement has no organized leadership, has targeted a zone that is divided between several states and has no objective way to measure its political influence in the target zone. The Free State Movement had its supporters sign a pledge to relocate within a specified time period, while there is no specific time table for the American Redoubt. As a result, although the American Redoubt has experienced a net increase in population, it was unclear whether those relocating were aligned with the American Redoubt movement.
The major test of the political strength of the American Redoubt movement was prompted by the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which was an armed standoff in Harney County, Oregon, between armed anti-government militants and county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The militants occupied the headquarters building from January 2 to February 11, 2016. The occupation was prompted by the sentencing of ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven Hammond for arson on federal lands.<ref name="KCS-splitoff">{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Judy L. |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Experts: Oregon standoff may be small, but it's just the tip of a growing militia iceberg |url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article53351000.html |newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]] |location=Sacramento, CA |publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] |issn=0745-1067 |accessdate=July 17, 2016 |quote=The rally was peaceful, authorities said....But afterward, a group of armed militants split off, went to the wildlife refuge 30 miles away and took it over. Ammon Bundy has been acting as the group's leader, and they say they won't back down until the government relinquishes the federal refuge to the people.}}</ref>
During the occupation, the occupation's leaders attempted to organize meetings with local citizens to secure wide-spread popular support for their actions. At first, these meetings were held at the local high school in Burns, Idaho. However, when attendees were bringing guns to the meetings and the meetings proved to be acremonious, Steve Grasty, the chair of the Harney County commission, ordered the meetings move to a local senior center which did not allow guns. In general, the occupation did not draw widespread public support. Eventually, the occupiers surrendered and were arrested, but the dissatisfaction with Gasty's curtailing of the meetings lead to Harney County residents filing a petition to hold a recall election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/05/recall_petition_filed_against.html|title=Recall petition filed against Harney County Judge Steve Grasty|date=May 12,2016|accessdate=July 17, 2018||</ref> On June 28, 2016, 70% of the voters cast ballots to retain Grasty. The results were:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Grasty Recall Election<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Grasty_recall,_Harney_County,_Oregon_(2016)|title=Steve Grasty recall, Harney County, Oregon (2016)|work=Ballotpedia|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Result||Votes||Percentage
|-
|Recall||861||29.7%
|-
|Retain||2,038||70.3%
|}
The leaders of the American Redoubt movement, including John Jacobs and Hugh Latimore, also sought to use the May 2016 primaries to gain more political positions in Idaho, but lost more of the positions than they won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/news-from-the-american-redoubt-109/|title=News From The American Redoubt|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref>
==American Redoubt Relocation==
==American Redoubt Relocation==
Because of its low [[population density]] and diverse [[economy]], Skousen,<ref>http://www.joelskousen.com/About/about.html</ref> [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Chuck Baldwin]] and [[Boston T. Party]],<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html</ref> all recommend the [[Intermountain West]] (American Redoubt - [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], Eastern [[Oregon]], Eastern [[Washington]], northern [[Utah]]) region of the [[United States]], as a preferred region for relocation and setting up [[Retreat|survival retreats]].<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States</ref>
Because of its low [[population density]] and diverse [[economy]], Skousen,<ref>http://www.joelskousen.com/About/about.html</ref> [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Chuck Baldwin]] and [[Boston T. Party]],<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html</ref> all recommend the [[Intermountain West]] (American Redoubt - [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], Eastern [[Oregon]], Eastern [[Washington]], northern [[Utah]]) region of the [[United States]], as a preferred region for relocation and setting up [[Retreat|survival retreats]].<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States</ref>