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With an eye on the fast-approaching elections, the telephone campaigners of a certain political party succeeded in significantly increasing the positive voter base of the party by persuading 94 percent of the voters they contacted to vote for the party. However, this high success rate does not necessarily suggest that the telephone campaigners of the party were doing an exceptional job. In fact, their high success rate indicates that they have been inefficient because an efficient campaigner constantly contacts negative voters—voters who have never voted for the party—rather than those who are already known to vote for the party.
Which of the following, if true, provides more support for the argument?
A. Of the 94 percent of voters persuaded by the telephone campaigners of the political party, less than half are those who were already known to support the party.
B. The likelihood of a positive voter indulging in party-switching—a change in political party affiliation—is significantly high at the start of the telephone campaign than at the end of the campaign.
C. The greatest increase in the positive voter base of the political party occurred when a significant number of people joined the positive voter base without being contacted by any telephone campaigner.
D. Some of the telephone campaigners of the political party formerly themselves were supporters of other political parties.
E. In their contacts with negative voters, telephone campaigners of the political party were as successful in persuading them to vote for their party as were telephone campaigners of other political parties.
Which of the following, if true, provides more support for the argument?
A. Of the 94 percent of voters persuaded by the telephone campaigners of the political party, less than half are those who were already known to support the party.
B. The likelihood of a positive voter indulging in party-switching—a change in political party affiliation—is significantly high at the start of the telephone campaign than at the end of the campaign.
C. The greatest increase in the positive voter base of the political party occurred when a significant number of people joined the positive voter base without being contacted by any telephone campaigner.
D. Some of the telephone campaigners of the political party formerly themselves were supporters of other political parties.
E. In their contacts with negative voters, telephone campaigners of the political party were as successful in persuading them to vote for their party as were telephone campaigners of other political parties.
07 Nov 2024, 07:34
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I have a doubt in Option E " In their contacts with negative voters, telephone campaigners of the political party were as successful in persuading them to vote for their party as were telephone campaigners of other political parties",
my understanding is that campaigners of all the parties where equally successful in converting Negative voters.
Ideally it qualifies for inefficiency when you convert some negative voters, and the other parties equally convert negative voters.
However, in order for this qualify, it calls for some speculations which are additional layers of assumption to be added to the validity of the answer statement.
1) We have no information about whether the other partie(s) converted equal number of positive voters as much as the negative voters you converted. For the answer hints the existence of multiple competing parties. In order for it to be a net effect of zero without providing further information, it has to be a two-party system.
2) The argument defines an efficient voter as one who can successfully convert a negative voter. Even extending this to say that a campaigner is inefficient if they lose their positive voters to other parties, we need information on whether it was one of the positive voters that the campaigner had called that was converted by an opposition campaigner, or information that all the campaigners had called all the voters in the constituency.
Without these information Option E seems like a weakener, going purely by the definition of an efficient campaigner in the argument as one who can successfully convert negative voters. All the party campaigners were equally successful, hence equally efficient.
Please share your thoughts. Thank you.
my understanding is that campaigners of all the parties where equally successful in converting Negative voters.
Ideally it qualifies for inefficiency when you convert some negative voters, and the other parties equally convert negative voters.
However, in order for this qualify, it calls for some speculations which are additional layers of assumption to be added to the validity of the answer statement.
1) We have no information about whether the other partie(s) converted equal number of positive voters as much as the negative voters you converted. For the answer hints the existence of multiple competing parties. In order for it to be a net effect of zero without providing further information, it has to be a two-party system.
2) The argument defines an efficient voter as one who can successfully convert a negative voter. Even extending this to say that a campaigner is inefficient if they lose their positive voters to other parties, we need information on whether it was one of the positive voters that the campaigner had called that was converted by an opposition campaigner, or information that all the campaigners had called all the voters in the constituency.
Without these information Option E seems like a weakener, going purely by the definition of an efficient campaigner in the argument as one who can successfully convert negative voters. All the party campaigners were equally successful, hence equally efficient.
Please share your thoughts. Thank you.
15 Nov 2024, 22:41
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To support the argument, we need to strengthen the claim that the high success rate of the telephone campaigners actually reflects inefficiency because they are primarily targeting voters already likely to vote for the party (positive voters), rather than reaching out to negative voters who might need more persuasion.
Evaluating the Options:
A. Of the 94 percent of voters persuaded by the telephone campaigners of the political party, less than half are those who were already known to support the party.
This weakens the argument. If less than half of the persuaded voters were already party supporters, it suggests that the campaigners were targeting negative voters or those undecided, which contradicts the claim that they were inefficient.
B. The likelihood of a positive voter indulging in party-switching—a change in political party affiliation—is significantly high at the start of the telephone campaign than at the end of the campaign.
This is irrelevant. The likelihood of party-switching does not relate to whether campaigners are targeting the right group (negative voters) or whether their strategy is efficient.
C. The greatest increase in the positive voter base of the political party occurred when a significant number of people joined the positive voter base without being contacted by any telephone campaigner.
This weakens the argument indirectly. It suggests that external factors, rather than the campaign itself, drove voter base growth, which doesn't address the campaigners' focus on positive voters versus negative voters.
D. Some of the telephone campaigners of the political party formerly themselves were supporters of other political parties.
This is irrelevant to the argument. The campaigners' personal political histories have no bearing on whether their strategy of targeting voters is efficient or not.
E. In their contacts with negative voters, telephone campaigners of the political party were as successful in persuading them to vote for their party as were telephone campaigners of other political parties.
This supports the argument. If the campaigners could have persuaded negative voters at a similar success rate but instead spent their efforts on positive voters, this demonstrates inefficiency. The success rate with negative voters highlights a missed opportunity to expand the voter base more effectively.
Correct Answer: E
It directly supports the idea that the campaigners were inefficient because they could have been equally successful with negative voters but focused too much on positive voters.
Evaluating the Options:
A. Of the 94 percent of voters persuaded by the telephone campaigners of the political party, less than half are those who were already known to support the party.
This weakens the argument. If less than half of the persuaded voters were already party supporters, it suggests that the campaigners were targeting negative voters or those undecided, which contradicts the claim that they were inefficient.
B. The likelihood of a positive voter indulging in party-switching—a change in political party affiliation—is significantly high at the start of the telephone campaign than at the end of the campaign.
This is irrelevant. The likelihood of party-switching does not relate to whether campaigners are targeting the right group (negative voters) or whether their strategy is efficient.
C. The greatest increase in the positive voter base of the political party occurred when a significant number of people joined the positive voter base without being contacted by any telephone campaigner.
This weakens the argument indirectly. It suggests that external factors, rather than the campaign itself, drove voter base growth, which doesn't address the campaigners' focus on positive voters versus negative voters.
D. Some of the telephone campaigners of the political party formerly themselves were supporters of other political parties.
This is irrelevant to the argument. The campaigners' personal political histories have no bearing on whether their strategy of targeting voters is efficient or not.
E. In their contacts with negative voters, telephone campaigners of the political party were as successful in persuading them to vote for their party as were telephone campaigners of other political parties.
This supports the argument. If the campaigners could have persuaded negative voters at a similar success rate but instead spent their efforts on positive voters, this demonstrates inefficiency. The success rate with negative voters highlights a missed opportunity to expand the voter base more effectively.
Correct Answer: E
It directly supports the idea that the campaigners were inefficient because they could have been equally successful with negative voters but focused too much on positive voters.
