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Constitution Party - Definition and Overview |
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Constitution Party
The Constitution Party is a conservative third party in the United States, founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. Its name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999, but some state affiliate parties have different names. The Michigan affiliate has kept the US Taxpayers Party name in order to retain ballot status, and in Connecticut the affiliate is the Concerned Citizens Party.
The Constitution Party ranks third nationally in registered voters, most of which come from two states: California, in which the affiliate is the American Independent Party, founded in 1967, and Nevada, in which the affiliate is named the Independent American Party. According to Richard Winger, the editor of Ballot Access News, and other observers, the word "Independent" in the party name may have attracted the registrations of voters intending to declare themselves unaffiliated with any party.
In the 2004 elections, the Constitution Party was the only one of the national third parties to increase its percentage of the vote, polling more than 40% better than in 2000. One of its candidates, Rick Jore, was thought to have won election to the Montana state legislature, but lost when the state supreme court invalidated "one or more" of seven disputed ballots.
Platform
The party holds that United States law is based on the moral principles of Christianity as taught by the Bible, urges the abolition of the federal income tax, and advocates a stricter adherence to what it views as the original intent of the United States Constitution. Members support reducing the role of the United States federal government through drastic reductions in taxes, spending and regulation, as well as reducing and eventually eliminating the role the United States plays in supernational entities such as the United Nations.
The party has a generally conservative or paleoconservative view on issues of foreign policy, Second Amendment rights and economics, also supporting protectionist policies on trade and advocates a more restrictive immigration policy. It is conservative on social issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion and the place of religion and God in American life.
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Example Usage of Constitution |
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gudgovernance7: Constitution, http://www.maemaar.org.pk/main.asp |
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titianred: @clareHR No woman should *ever* know where the Hoover is kept. It's in the Constitution. How long is she down ? |
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LibertarianMike: (1/2) I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which grant[s] a right to Congress of |
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