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The numbers of retired people will grow as the population becomes older, and their political power will expand even faster than their numbers.
Which of the following, if true, LEAST supports the statement about the growth of the political power of retirees?
(A) Those retired people who had supported political parties while they were in the workforce are more likely to support parties after retirement than are those retired people who had not done so previously.
(B) Retired people devote more time to political activities than do members of the work force.
(C) The adult children of retired people tend to vote in ways that support the interests of their parents even though such actions may not be in the children's own economic benefits.
(D) Retired people are more likely to vote than are members of the workforce.
(E) More retired people than working people belong to associations that mobilize their members to take action concerning political issues that may affect them.
Statement-The number Retired people increase as population becomes older, and as the number of retired people increase their political powers increase as a result.
Question- Which of the given statements does not / least supports the statement.
(A) Those retired people who had supported political parties while they were in the workforce are more likely to support parties after retirement than are those retired people who had not done so previously.- States that after retirement the political power of those particular people increases.
(B) Retired people devote more time to political activities than do members of the work force.-More political activities, the more influence(politically; among citizens) they have.
(C) The adult children of retired people tend to vote in ways that support the interests of their parents even though such actions may not be in the children's own economic benefits.- in this way also they have an increased political power because, they can influence their children to vote in benefit to a particular party/group.
(D) Retired people are more likely to vote than are members of the workforce.-To vote definitely increases political power.
(E) More retired people than working people belong to associations that mobilize their members to take action concerning political issues that may affect them.- to take action means going against some social or governmental issue . This may mean that the retired person is socially active but does not increase his/her political power.
Please corect me if I am wrong.
IMO E.