coattail effect

Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Before he came to stock car racing, McDowell was an instructor at the Bondurant Racing School in Chandler, Ariz. David Ragan clearly feels a coattail effect from having McDowell as a teammate at Front Row as he readies for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.

From Reuters

In baseball’s version of the coattail effect, Kansas City’s Omar Infante was in second place, just 150,000 votes behind Jose Altuve of Houston.

From Washington Times

In baseball's version of the coattail effect, Kansas City's Omar Infante was in second place, just 150,000 votes behind Jose Altuve of Houston.

From US News

While of course the high quality of the second movie plus the sheer growing power of the genre were a large part of its success, it’s undeniable that an equally large part was the power of The Avengers coattail effect, which lifted all of the later solo outings considerably.

From Forbes

Even smaller, lower-budgeted dramatic fare tends to enjoy some measure of coattail effect from Oscar nomination, often resulting in expanded release.

From Forbes