WordNet: 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"

• domain: topic government, political science, politics

• hypernym consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot

coattails effect

• (suomi) toisen suosiosta hyötyminen (synonyymi)