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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Then Biden came into office in 2021 with the most ambitious plan to address climate change of any major party candidate in U.S. history.
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Jeff Brady, NPR, 11 June 2025
But his victory feels more like a reassertion of reality than a referendum on the values of either major party.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
She's been viewed by members of both major parties as both a lightning rod and an advocate for change, in a similar vein to Trump himself.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Though Polish presidential candidates often stand as individuals, rather than representatives of a party, there is little hiding their affiliations, and each major party historically endorses and campaigns for a candidate.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
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Jeff Brady, NPR, 11 June 2025
But his victory feels more like a reassertion of reality than a referendum on the values of either major party.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
She's been viewed by members of both major parties as both a lightning rod and an advocate for change, in a similar vein to Trump himself.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Though Polish presidential candidates often stand as individuals, rather than representatives of a party, there is little hiding their affiliations, and each major party historically endorses and campaigns for a candidate.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for major party
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“Major party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20party. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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