Using endorsements of other celebrated party members to boost support (see coattail effect)

Some of these forces, like the Presidential coattail effect, should help the Democrats.

For the political term, see coattail effect.

Many local Republicans said they did not see much of a coattail effect with Mrs. Rell's victory.

Mr. Wolfe said that separating the voting eliminated the "coattail effect," when those running for higher office could help carry local candidates to victory.

The coattail effect is the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.

There is also the "negative coattail" effect, in which an controversial Presidential candidate may hurt candidates on the party's ticket running for lower offices.

Will the Presidential vote carry down to the Senate race - the so-called coattail effect?

Democrats generally saw major successes during the 2008 congressional election, credited in part to a coattail effect from Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Murphy's victory was credited to a coattail effect from Barack Obama's election in 2008.