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politics and international relations
political science
campaigns, elections and electoral behavior
campaigns, elections, and the law
Preferred term
coattail effect
Definition
- Lower candidates on a party ticket are elected into office because they are of the same political party as a popular candidate at the top of their ticket. The coattail effect in presidential elections has been irregular in the 20th century. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Coattail Effect]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/coattail_effect
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