A few days ago
Vegetarian Era

what is the coattail effect?

well i know it has something to do with…

uhh nvr mind i dont know anything about it 🙁

can someone plz help me

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A few days ago
the_chief

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A coattrail effect is when one action effects other following actions. An example is often when one party wins the Presidency, usually several Senate and Congressional positions are elected from the same party.
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4 years ago
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Coattail Effect
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A few days ago
Anonymous
The coattail effect :

The tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. For example, the party of a victorious presidential candidate will often win many seats in Congress as well; these congressmen are voted into office “on the coattails” of the president.

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http://www.answers.com/topic/coattails-effect

http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/political/bldef_coattail.htm

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A few days ago
Meg F
I’ve never actually heard this precise term, but I would guess that while this was originally a political concept, it could also refer to something like one company coming out with an innovative new product, followed by several other companies “riding its coattails” by following up with similar products of their own, which in reality are nothing more than variations on the original.
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A few days ago
Limestoner62
You think of a coat with coattails, the analogy is that someone who “rides the coattail” is someone who benefits from someone else’s actions, gets a free ride.
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