major party
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo · 1976Most cited · 10,511 citing opinions
with respect to any presidential election, a political party whose candidate for the office of President in the preceding presidential election received, as the candidate of such party, 25 percent or more of the total number of popular votes received by all candidates for such office.
United States Code
26 U.S.C. § 9002 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “major party” means, with respect to any presidential election, a political party whose candidate for the office of President in the preceding presidential election received, as the candidate of such party, 25 percent or more of the total number of popular votes received by all candidates for such office.