In politics, a big tent or catch-all party is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints and thus appeal to more of the electorate.
The PdL is a classic example of catch-all party.
Under Nehru's leadership, the Congress emerged as a catch-all party, dominating national politics and winning consecutive elections in 1951, 1957, and 1962.
It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics.
Irish politics is generally regarded as being non-ideological and Fianna Fáil is seen as a typical catch-all party.
"Tony Blair has repositioned the Labor Party as a centrist, catch-all political party," said Anthony King, a professor of government at Essex University.
As the Scandinavian farming population declined, the parties moved towards becoming catch-all centrist parties by capturing some of the urban electorate.
Since the opposition had no access to the state-owned media, the FSN needed no specific program in order to win the elections, being a catch-all party.
After joining the coalition, it became a catch-all party for the merger of several smaller parties.
South Tyrolean People's Party, (SVP, regionalist catch-all party)