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What are presidential coattails?
Using your connection with someone successful (the president) to achieve success yourself.
What is the coattail effect?
The ability of the candidate heading a party ticket to help carry into office lesser candidates from the same party who appear on the same ballot. A negative coat-tail effect can occur when an unpopular candidate heading the party ticket is a disadvantage for other candidates of the same party.
How can you use coattails in a sentence?
You could say that the coattails were flying while you were getting on your horse.
What does ride through glory on his coattails mean?
ride somebody's coattails also ride the coattails of somebodyto use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself
What are the release dates for Alaskan - 2010 Riding the Coattails 2-11?
Alaskan - 2010 Riding the Coattails 2-11 was released on: USA: 24 March 2012
Who hoped to ride Andrew Jacksons coattails to presidency?
Martin Van Buren
What does the word 'coattails' mean in terms of government?
The word 'coattails' has a special meaning in terms of governmental elections. It particularly is used in terms of the political influence of a strong presidential candidate. Such a candidate causes other party members to be elected or re-elected just by being in the same party as the popular, respected candidate. It's called 'getting people elected on someone else's coattails'.
What does prohibition rode the coattails of the progressive movement means?
The Progressive Era was a period of political reform and social activism. Prohibition "rode the coattails of the Progressive Movement" refers to the idea that prohibition was allowed because of the rise of progressive thinking.
Prohibition ''rode the coattails of the Progressive Movement'' what does that mean?
The Progressive Era was a period of political reform and social activism. Prohibition "rode the coattails of the Progressive Movement" refers to the idea that prohibition was allowed because of the rise of progressive thinking.
What are presidential coattails?
Using your connection with someone successful (the president) to achieve success yourself.
What is the expression Get out from behind her coattails?
it means that you have to get out or i will slap you and do not say bad words or you will go to jail i half to tink.
What does it mean when someone says don't ride your coattails?
The expression is to ride in on someone else's coattails, which means to get a position because you know someone, not through your own merit. It is the other person who gets the job through their abilities, and you come in with them like an insect clinging to the back of their coat.
What are some compound words with the word tail?
coattails cocktail cottontail dovetail pigtails ponytail tailgate taillights tailspin whitetail
Are there any other names for the 2013 cyclone in Odisha otherwise known as Cyclone Phailin?
You could just call her by her name - Clinton's coattails.
