coattails effect

NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C

coattails effect is a valid 16-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1A1T1T1A1I1L1S1E1F4F4E1C3T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 =25 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 50TRIPLE WORD → 75
MEANING

What does coattails effect mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party.

“he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election”