major party

noun

: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power

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Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, for example, the two major parties weren't far apart on the question of whether trade creates opportunities, according to Gallup. —

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024 There will be seven major parties for which Germans will vote. —

Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024 My father and one million other Americans didn’t sacrifice their lives for Congress to enable two private corporations, the two major parties, to maintain a virtual monopoly on our democracy. —

Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2024 But whatever the future of U.S. aid, Kyiv has long recognized the need to retain the support of both major parties in the United States. —

Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for major party