| NOUN | phenomenon | coattails effect | (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party |
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| Meaning | (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party. | |
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| Example | "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election" | |
| Category | politics, political science, government | The study of government of states and other political units |
| Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
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