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English noun: coattails effect

1. coattails effect (phenomenon) (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party


SamplesHe counted on the coattails effect to win him the election.


Broader (hypernym)consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot


Domain categorygovernment, political science, politics









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