Wyoming's small population is clustered mainly around a few small cities. Click here to see how this can work as an advantage for us.
Wyoming has the second smallest percentage of residents living there who are actually native to that state: 42.5% (only Alaska has a smaller native resident population). Click here for more information.
Wyoming has a small, citizen legislature based on the third smallest House districts and second smallest Senate districts of all our candidate states. We would need to acquire only 57 seats to create a legislative majority in this state. Click here for more information.
Wyoming has term limits.
Wyoming permits the citizen initiative and referendum. Click here to see more information on the advantages of term limits and initiatives and referenda.
Wyoming has the third least expensive elections of our ten candidate states. Click here to see the ranking, and here for more information on how this factor can be of assistance to us.
Wyoming voters supported small government presidential candidates to a greater degree than any other FSP candidate state in 2000, and Wyoming's electoral history shows a consistently high trend of support for such candidates. Click here for more information on Election 2000, and here for a report on state voting trends.
Wyoming has no personal or business income tax. Even Alaska and New Hampshire tax business income, and New Hampshire also taxes personal dividend and interest income.
Wyoming has the lowest property taxes of our FSP candidate states. Contrast this with New Hampshire, which has some of the highest property taxes in the country, and is the #1 most property-tax dependent state in the nation. Click here for details.
Wyoming is the best of our ten candidate states for lack of statewide land-use planning (planning and zoning issues). Click here for the ranking of states.
Wyoming has the second lowest percentage and the fewest actual number of people on welfare: 1,288 (only Idaho has a lower percentage of recipients).
Wyoming is the least federally-dependent FSP western state candidate. Click here to see a ranking.
Wyoming has the highest gun-ownership rate: 88%, the best hunting laws, and permits open carry of firearms. Wyoming has, arguably, the strongest gun-culture of any FSP candidate state, and according to Boston's Gun Bible, Wyoming's gun laws are the third best of our ten candidate states.
Wyoming has the third best homeschool laws of our ten candidate states. Only Idaho and Alaska score better. Click here to see how the Homeschool Legal Defense Association ranks the states.
Wyoming is the only FSP state without a "hate crimes" law, demonstrating that political correctness has not taken control of state government.
Wyoming does not require helmets for adult motorcycle riders.
Wyoming's majority GOP has incorporated clauses in its party platform defending an individual's right to "death with dignity," and supporting the return of all federal land to the state.
Wyoming permits automobile passengers to have open alcohol containers.
Wyoming's one US Congresswoman and two Senators have the most libertarian voting records out of all of our candidate states. Liberty-friendly groups love Wyoming, while big government groups hate it. The following is a list of how groups from both sides have rated Wyoming based on its Congressional representation:
Republican Liberty Caucus: "libertarian" (both social and fiscal issues)
American Federation of Government Employees: Worst state
National Education Association: Worst
Americans for the Arts: Worst
Gun Owners of America: Best
National Taxpayers Union: Best
VoteHemp.com: Best
Citizens Against Government Waste: 2nd Best
Brady Campaign (anti-gun organization): Worst
The American Lung Association has rated Wyoming's smoking laws as the worst in the nation, meaning that they are the among the most lenient in the nation.