coattails effect (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 19
def (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
examples he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election
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Hypernym consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
Domain of synset - TOPIC politics, political science, government
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Member of this domain - TOPIC politics, political science, government
Hyponym consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot

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