influencia electoral

(n.) = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails

Ex. One way to measure that mandate is to estimate Obama's 'coattails', that is, the degree to which members of Congress feel that their own election depended in part on voters who came to the polls to support Obama.

Ex. Obviously, too, how well his Republican colleague does on Election Day will depend to a degree on how long Mr. Bush's political coattails are.

Ex. There are also elections where a presidential candidate has long electoral coattails that pull many members of his party to victory in congressional races.

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(n.) = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails

Ex: One way to measure that mandate is to estimate Obama's 'coattails', that is, the degree to which members of Congress feel that their own election depended in part on voters who came to the polls to support Obama.

Ex: Obviously, too, how well his Republican colleague does on Election Day will depend to a degree on how long Mr. Bush's political coattails are.

Ex: There are also elections where a presidential candidate has long electoral coattails that pull many members of his party to victory in congressional races.