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-The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
+The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known and popular political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
-For example, some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
+For example, some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].  On the Democrat side, the 1948 upset win of [[Harry S. Truman]] resulted in the Democrats gaining seats in the Senate and retaking the House; though Truman was expected to lose badly he had tremendous personal popularity resulting in a significant coattail effect.
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 The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
-For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
+For example, some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
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+[[Category:Election Terms]]

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 The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
-For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'socialist effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
+For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
 [[category:Election Terms]]

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 The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
-For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
+For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'socialist effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
 [[category:Election Terms]]

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 The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
-For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'socialist effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
+For example some would argue that many [[Republicans]] gained seats in [[Congress]] and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the 'coattail effect' of [[George W. Bush]].
 [[category:Election Terms]]

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-The coattail effect is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
+The '''coattail effect''' is the tendency for a well known political party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. A leader of one political party who is receiving a vast amount of votes is often able to help attract votes for other candidates in the same party.
 For example many [[Republicans]] established seats in [[Congress]], and lower offices following the 2004 elections due to the coattails of [[George W. Bush]].
 [[category:politics]]