Word
coattails effect, n.
(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
<noun.phenomenon>
coattails effect
sample sentences
"he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
politics, political science, government
hypernym
effect, result, consequence, outcome, upshot, event, issue