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 | ||
Samples | He counted on the coattails effect to win him the election. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | ||
Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||