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Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory

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Re: Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory [#permalink] Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory   05 Jul 2019, 21:26
Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory in Banestria in 1935. It received most of its support that year in rural and semirural areas, where the bulk of Banestria’s population lived at the time. The economic woes of the years surrounding that election hit agricultural and small business interests the hardest, and the Land Party specifically targeted those groups in 1935. I conclude that the success of the Land Party that year was due to the combination of the Land Party’s specifically addressing the concerns of these groups and the depth of the economic problems people in these groups were facing.

Each of the following, if true, strengthens the historian’s argument EXCEPT:

Analysis: strengthenX type question
conclusion: LP won because LP addressed the concerns of rural & semi-rural people & at the same time bad economy
premises: economy was bad in agriculture & small business & LP targeted those people and LP received support from rural & semirural people

(A) In preceding elections the Land Party made no attempt to address the interests of economically distressed urban groups. --> correct: whether LP addressed urban issues has no impact on the win

(B) Voters are more likely to vote for a political party that focuses on their problems. --> strengthen: LP focuses on the rural & semirural ppl's problems, so they voted & LP won

(C) The Land Party had most of its successes when there was economic distress in the agricultural sector. --> strengthen: there was economic problem in agricultural sector, so it strengthen the conclusion

(D) No other major party in Banestria specifically addressed the issues of people who lived in semirural areas in 1935. --> strengthen: if other party also do the same, then voters would be shared, so can't say that the wi was because of addressing the rural & semirural ppl's problems by LP

(E) The greater the degree of economic distress someone is in, the more likely that person is to vote--> strengthen: it supports the conclusion because it says that economic distress is the one of the cause they voted
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Re: Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory [#permalink] Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory   26 Jan 2022, 07:56
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How A is correct? As per argument , the only victory party had was in the year 1935,because the party addressed the issues of economically distressed people. So option A strengthens this argument by stating that the party did not focus on the issues of people in preceding election and as a result lost it . Remember that party won only once so we can safely assume that party lost the election.

Since we are looking for options which do not strengthen. Hence A can't be the answer. Let me know where I am wrong.
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Re: Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory [#permalink] Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory   26 Jan 2022, 09:02
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How A is correct? As per argument , the only victory party had was in the year 1935,because the party addressed the issues of economically distressed people. So option A strengthens this argument by stating that the party did not focus on the issues of people in preceding election and as a result lost it . Remember that party won only once so we can safely assume that party lost the election.

Since we are looking for options which do not strengthen. Hence A can't be the answer. Let me know where I am wrong.


This is an EXCEPT Question. We have to find an argumetn which do not strengthen the arugment

Argument made is
LP won in 1935 election because it focused on rural and semirural areas where people were most affected by economic woes. These people did agriculture and small business

(A) In preceding elections the Land Party made no attempt to address the interests of economically distressed urban groups. --> This does not affect the conclusion as the argument is about LP focussing on rural and semirural areas and NOT ubran groups --> CORRECT answer

(B) Voters are more likely to vote for a political party that focuses on their problems.--> If a party supports their cause and they vote for it, This means if LP concentrates on problems of rural and semirural, people will support them --> This supports the argument --> EXCEPT question --> Wrong

(C) The Land Party had most of its successes when there was economic distress in the agricultural sector. --> this is what is said in argument --> strengthens --> WRong

(D) No other major party in Banestria specifically addressed the issues of people who lived in semirural areas in 1935. --> if no other party addressed this issue, then LP was the only major party who addressed it and hence got votes --> Strenthens --> Wrong

(E) The greater the degree of economic distress someone is in, the more likely that person is to vote --> rural and semirural were in distress and so they voted --> and they will vote the party who they think will help them --> strengthens --> Wrong
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Re: Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory [#permalink] Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory   07 Feb 2023, 08:45
Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory in Banestria in 1935. It received most of its support that year in rural and semirural areas, where the bulk of Banestria’s population lived at the time. The economic woes of the years surrounding that election hit agricultural and small business interests the hardest, and the Land Party specifically targeted those groups in 1935. I conclude that the success of the Land Party that year was due to the combination of the Land Party’s specifically addressing the concerns of these groups and the depth of the economic problems people in these groups were facing.

Each of the following, if true, strengthens the historian’s argument EXCEPT:

(A) In preceding elections the Land Party made no attempt to address the interests of economically distressed urban groups. Both red texts are not our concern. It does not weaken but remains neutral.

(B) Voters are more likely to vote for a political party that focuses on their problems. - WRONG. Voters responded positively.

(C) The Land Party had most of its successes when there was economic distress in the agricultural sector. - WRONG. Exactly what is required by LP in response to its efforts.

(D) No other major party in Banestria specifically addressed the issues of people who lived in semirural areas in 1935. - WRONG. That LP addressed and rewarded.

(E) The greater the degree of economic distress someone is in, the more likely that person is to vote - WRONG. This suggests that people reciprocated specifically to the specific party with their vote.

Answer A.
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