The result produced when voters cast a ballot for the president and then automatically vote for the remainder of that party's candidates is called the

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The coattail effect refers to the tendency of a popular presidential candidate to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. This happens when voters cast their ballots for the president and then automatically vote for other candidates of the same party, as if they were being carried along by the "coattails" of the president's popularity. The other answer choices are not relevant to this phenomenon.

The Result Produced When Voters Cast a Ballot for the President