What does coattails effect mean?

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

Is coattails effect a common word?

coattails effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

coattails effect — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
“he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election”
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What does coattails effect mean?: coattails effect means "(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party".
Is coattails effect a common word?: coattails effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for coattails effect come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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