[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9002.6]

[Page 283]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9002_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9002.6  Major party.

    Major party means a political party whose candidate for the office 
of President in the preceding Presidential election received, as a 
candidate of such party, 25 percent or more of the total number of 
popular votes received by all candidates for such office. For the 
purposes of 11 CFR 9002.6, candidate means, with respect to any 
preceding Presidential election, an individual who received popular 
votes for the office of President in such election.