Comparison of Platforms: CPWYO vs WyGOP

Issue	Constitution Party of Wyoming	Wyoming Republican Party	Main difference
Government	Government’s only legitimate role is protecting life, liberty and property	Limited government and protection of individual rights	CPWYO defines the permissible role of government more narrowly
Religion	Explicitly grounds government philosophy in God/Creator and Christian language	Religious liberty and freedom of faith	CPWYO is traditionally based in religious formation.
Life/abortion	Life begins at conception; oppose abortion and euthanasia	Pro-life; life begins at conception	Very similar
Guns	No gun/ammunition restrictions or registration	Strong Second Amendment protection	CPWYO’s language is more absolutist
Private property	Strongly protects property and opposes governmental diminishment	Private property is a fundamental right	Very similar
Taxes/welfare	Government-funded charity is unconstitutional; no taxation for welfare	Fiscal responsibility and individual responsibility	CPWYO is more categorical
Federal government	Very aggressively restricts federal authority	Supports constitutional limits and state/local authority	CPWYO goes considerably further
Nullification	Explicitly supports state nullification of unconstitutional federal actions and court decisions	Constitutional/state-sovereignty language exists, but this is much less central	Major difference
Federal funding	Wyoming should operate without federal funds to avoid federal regulation	Generally favors fiscal restraint but doesn’t categorically reject federal funds	Major difference
Federal land	Strong constitutional argument that federal land acquisition in Wyoming is tightly restricted	Republicans have supported greater state control/access to federal lands	Similar objective, different emphasis
Militia	Explicitly calls for an active, trained, equipped Wyoming militia	Supports Second Amendment and defense/national sovereignty, but CPWYO is more explicit	Difference
UN/international organizations	Wyoming should not recognize their orders/directives	National sovereignty is supported	CPWYO is more explicit and categorical
Emergency management	Wyoming should manage emergencies to the exclusion of federal agencies	Supports state/local authority	CPWYO is much more restrictive of federal participation
Law enforcement	County sheriff is primary law officer; federal/local agencies entering county need sheriff permission	Supports law enforcement and constitutional rights	CPWYO advances a much stronger county-sheriff/state-sovereignty theory
Healthcare	Opposes federal involvement and calls for ACA nullification	Generally favors free-market/individual choice	CPWYO advocates nullification of the ACA
Marriage	Marriage legally recognized only as one man/one woman; rejects same-sex marriage/civil unions	Family is foundational and Republicans are generally socially conservative	CPWYO’s language is more prescriptive
Surveillance/privacy	Strong opposition to warrantless surveillance and national ID	Supports constitutional rights/privacy	CPWYO is more specific and sweeping
Elections	Rejects National Popular Vote Compact	Supports constitutional presidential elector system	CPWYO explicitly opposes NPV
Constitutional amendments	Favors congressional amendment process and opposes an Article V convention	Supports constitutional adherence	CPWYO opposes a convention
Environment/property	Particularly hostile to environmental/economic-development organizations that could affect property rights	Strong private-property/free-market orientation	CPWYO’s state-local restrictions are more explicit
Wildlife	Wyoming has the right to manage all wildlife	Wyoming-oriented conservation/resource management	CPWYO frames this as state sovereignty