Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coattails_effect

1 sense of coattails effect

Sense 1
coattails effect -- ((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")
       => consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event")