big tent

noun

1. a political party's or coalition's policy or doctrine of allowing and encouraging a wide range of beliefs, opinions, and views among its members.

big tent

noun

1. 1. a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups
   2. ( as modifier )

      big-tent politics

Other Words From

• big-tent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of big tent¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

“For so long the Democratic Party has tried to be a big tent that somehow includes the working class and the billionaire class and that says it fights for the interests of the working class,” Andrabi said.

From Salon

“We built a big tent — a multigenerational, multiracial, multiethnic coalition of people, which just reflected my upbringing,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

He said the SNP should be a “big tent”, adding: “On issues like this that are not central to independence, we should allow a bit of latitude so that no one person is the arbiter of a word like genocide.”

From BBC

And the sheer number of religions, and belief systems—not to mention the doctrinal rejection of both—housed under the big tent makes organizing exponentially more complicated for Democrats than for their GOP counterpart, with its handful of more homogenous religious factions.

From Slate

"There are things that Robert Kennedy said that I disagree with. I'm sure there are things that I've said that he's gonna disagree with. But I think what his endorsement represents is that Donald J. Trump's Republican party is a big tent party . . . What RFK's endorsement really shows is that the Kennedy Democrats are actually more at home in the Republican party of Donald Trump."

From Salon