Party Spotlight: Constitution Party

History: The Constitution Party was originally founded as the U.S Taxpayers Party in 1992. The changeover to the current name came in 1999.

Chairman: Jim Clymer

Platform: Defending the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Associated Political Ideologies: Conservatism, Paleoconservatism

Economic Issues (10% Government Involvement Grade):

• Reduce government regulation in economic affairs
• Abolish taxation including, but not limited to: income tax
• Reduce or dissolve government programs and agencies such as the Department of Education
• Stop participating in international lending institutions
  

Foreign/Immigration Issues (50% Isolation Grade):

• Eventually stop participation in the United Nations
• Continue protectionist policies by levying a tariff on imports
• Favors a non-interventionist military policy
  
• Restrict immigration
• Reject amnesty to illegals

Social Issues (80% Restriction of Freedoms Grade):

• Supports pro-life policies: anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia
• Favors the death penalty for capital crimes
• Opposes same sex marriages
• Opposes pornography
• Rejects government funded gambling
• Opposes government's anti-drug laws
• Supports the right to bear arms per Second Amendment

Total Score: 140

2008 Election Candidate: Chuck Baldwin