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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2019, 03:08
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988, it lost both of those seats in the 1992 election; even though the party’s pro- alternative energy platform had essentially remained unchanged. This decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that, in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Between 1998 and 1992, the number of eligible voters in Sunnyville rose, but not the percentage who actually voted.

(B) Between 1988 and 1992, Sunnyville’s leading political party revised its platform, adopting the policies of the Alternative Energy Action party

(C) The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Sunnyville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

(D) In 1992 the Alternative Energy Action party won fewer votes in Sunnyville than it had won in 1988.

(E) Between 1988 and 1992, some measures intended to provide alternative energy had been adopted by the town council, but with inconclusive results
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Re: In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2019, 11:54
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988, it lost both of those seats in the 1992 election; even though the party’s pro- alternative energy platform had essentially remained unchanged. This decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that, in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Between 1998 and 1992, the number of eligible voters in Sunnyville rose, but not the percentage who actually voted.

(B) Between 1988 and 1992, Sunnyville’s leading political party revised its platform, adopting the policies of the Alternative Energy Action party

(C) The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Sunnyville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

(D) In 1992 the Alternative Energy Action party won fewer votes in Sunnyville than it had won in 1988.

(E) Between 1988 and 1992, some measures intended to provide alternative energy had been adopted by the town council, but with inconclusive results


To weaken we have to prove that somehow either the alternative energy concerns have not faded in significance between 1988 and 1992 or some other factor is more important for.

Point B states that same agenda is adopted by a different party. Hence the importance remains same but voters now can compare on factors between 2 parties.
Rest all options either strengthens the conclusion or have no impact on conclusions.

Hence B is more suitable
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 22 Jun 2019, 02:17
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988, it lost both of those seats in the 1992 election; even though the party’s pro- alternative energy platform had essentially remained unchanged. This decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that, in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Between 1998 and 1992, the number of eligible voters in Sunnyville rose, but not the percentage who actually voted.

(B) Between 1988 and 1992, Sunnyville’s leading political party revised its platform, adopting the policies of the Alternative Energy Action party

(C) The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Sunnyville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

(D) In 1992 the Alternative Energy Action party won fewer votes in Sunnyville than it had won in 1988.

(E) Between 1988 and 1992, some measures intended to provide alternative energy had been adopted by the town council, but with inconclusive results


The right answer here is B. This question is asking us to weaken the argument, so we must first identify what that argument is.
"in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992" <-- This is what we are trying to weaken. Hence, we want a statement that shows that renewable energy was still important in '92.

A - This does not tell us anything about voters considerations, only their numbers. OUT

B - This does weaken the argument. If the leading party took on the AEA party's policies and won where they previously had not, it suggests that these policies did play a part in their victory. CORRECT

C - If anything, this kind of strengthens the argument by suggesting that nothing changed. OUT

D - Again, this suggests that the argument is sound, since the Energy party won fewer votes. OUT

E - This is a trap. The results of the policies in reality, tell us nothing about how important the voters consider it. Hence, this cannot lead to any suggestion that the interest in these policies dropped. OUT

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Originally posted by CrackverbalGMAT on 18 Jun 2019, 02:32.
Last edited by CrackverbalGMAT on 22 Jun 2019, 02:17, edited 1 time in total.
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2019, 17:52
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988, it lost both of those seats in the 1992 election; even though the party’s pro- alternative energy platform had essentially remained unchanged. This decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that, in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Between 1998 and 1992, the number of eligible voters in Sunnyville rose, but not the percentage who actually voted.

(B) Between 1988 and 1992, Sunnyville’s leading political party revised its platform, adopting the policies of the Alternative Energy Action party

(C) The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Sunnyville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

(D) In 1992 the Alternative Energy Action party won fewer votes in Sunnyville than it had won in 1988.

(E) Between 1988 and 1992, some measures intended to provide alternative energy had been adopted by the town council, but with inconclusive results


The right answer here is B. This question is asking us to weaken the argument, so we must first identify what that argument is.
"in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992" <-- This is what we are trying to weaken. Hence, we want a statement that shows that renewable energy was still important in '92.

A - This does not tell us anything about voters considerations, only their numbers. OUT

B - This does weaken the argument. If the leading party took on the AEA party's policies and won where they previously had not, it suggests that these policies did play a part in their victory. OUT

C - If anything, this kind of strengthens the argument by suggesting that nothing changed. OUT

D - Again, this suggests that the argument is sound, since the Energy party won fewer votes. OUT

E - This is a trap. The results of the policies in reality, tell us nothing about how important the voters consider it. Hence, this cannot lead to any suggestion that the interest in these policies dropped. OUT

- Matoo


MatooCrackVerbal - Pls change your comment against option B
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Re: In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2019, 02:17
aggvipul,

Thanks for pointing that out, I have made the change!
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Re: In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2019, 01:21
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In Sunnyville the new Alternative Energy Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988, it lost both of those seats in the 1992 election; even though the party’s pro- alternative energy platform had essentially remained unchanged. This decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that, in Sunnyville, alternative energy concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Between 1998 and 1992, the number of eligible voters in Sunnyville rose, but not the percentage who actually voted.

(B) Between 1988 and 1992, Sunnyville’s leading political party revised its platform, adopting the policies of the Alternative Energy Action party

(C) The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Sunnyville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

(D) In 1992 the Alternative Energy Action party won fewer votes in Sunnyville than it had won in 1988.

(E) Between 1988 and 1992, some measures intended to provide alternative energy had been adopted by the town council, but with inconclusive results


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On the basis of the information that the new Alternative Energy Party, which had won 2 seats out of 7 in the town council in 1988, had lost both of them in 1992, the author argues that the decline in the party’s fortunes clearly demonstrates that alternative energy concerns faded in significance in the town during this period.

We have been asked to locate that choice which most seriously weakens this argument.

(A) merely says that both the number of voters and the number who voted increased between 1988 and 1992, but does not give a reason which strengthens or weakens the author’s theory why the Alternative Energy Action Party lost its seats.

(B) says that the town’s leading political party (which had won the majority of the other 5 seats in 1988) had revised its platform adopting a strong alternative energy stance. If this is true, voters who are in favor of alternative energy might have voted for the leading political party itself this time instead of for the Alternative Energy Action party. So, the defeat of the members of the Alternative Energy party would not mean that the environmental concerns had faded in significance in the minds of the voters. On the contrary; the reason why the dominant party adopted a strong alternative energy stance may itself be because the public concern for alternative energy had become more intense, and the dominant party wanted to go along with that popular sentiment. So, it is (B) which seriously weakens the argument of the author, and is the answer.

(C) neither strengthens nor weakens the argument, and is not the answer.

(D) strengthens the argument of the author, and does not weaken it.

(E) would give a reason why the voters could have been disillusioned with the Alternative Energy Action party, because of which environmental concerns could have faded in significance. So, (E) strengthens the argument of the author, and does not weaken it.
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