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coattail effect: a standalone construct

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Political science

the tendency of a popular candidate at the top of the ticket to pull votes to the same party's candidates for lower offices.

In political science, coattail effect refers to the tendency of a popular candidate at the top of the ticket to pull votes to the same party's candidates for lower offices. This meaning comes from Calvert (1983) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

  1. Calvert, R. L., & Ferejohn, J. A. (1983). Coattail Voting in Recent Presidential Elections. American Political Science Review, 77(2), 407-419. https://doi.org/10.2307/1958925

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