The results of the last election are a concern for us. The candidates

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E-mail from Vice President of E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing to Legislative Consultant and Staff Researcher

The results of the last election are a concern for us. The candidates we supported were defeated in more than two-thirds of the races we followed. The result is a harder battle to get policies that benefit our interests through the legislature, but it’s also a budget issue. We can’t continue throwing money at races we can’t win, no matter how agreeable the candidate’s stand on our issues may be. The fact that they share our viewpoints doesn’t help if they can’t get elected. How can we determine where it makes sense to invest?E-mail from Legislative Consultant to Vice President of E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing and Staff Researcher

The demographic breakdown of elections where we supported the unsuccessful candidate can tell us a great deal. We’ve won only in one demographic, and our margin there is smaller than the margins by which we lost the others.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?mode=view&id=72817E-mail from Staff Researcher to Vice President of E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing and Legislative Consultant

The demographic groups in which we lost are on track to become a majority of the U.S. electorate this century, and they vote. Right now, they make up 37% of the overall population and 28% of voters in the last election. By midcentury, we can expect the Hispanic population to rise from 17% to about 29% of the U.S. population, and Asian-Americans, now about 5%, will be about 9%. Our one successful demographic is the one whose share is declining. Now 63% of the population, non-Hispanic whites will be less than half of the population by 2050.

maingi95 · Answer

For the first question:
-VP is not opposed to reform he supports some financing reform hence initiated the discussion. Email 1 last statement indicates that.
-Email 3 states that, where their supported candidate lost are on the verge of becoming majority population which means currently those are minorities. Also, they won among 63% of non-Hispanic whites, indicating they won only among one demography which was the majority.
- There is no specification regarding urban and rural populations.

For the second question:
None of the statements can be inferred since there is no discussion of employing new resources based on demography. Also, no mention of which minority demography they were more successful.

Virusinsane · Answer

These questions are a subtle play on language and nothing more. Quite irritating to get these ones wrong. A larger test here is the attention to words like "ethnic minorities", something that wasn't directly visible in the emails. Thus one had to refocus on the "majority" non hispanic whites to dig in and find the "ethnic minorities".

Bismuth83 · Answer

1. In both parts of the problem, we are asked to  check whether the following statements are supported by the text .

2.   Part 1.  
 
  -    The vice president is opposed to campaign finance reform.    The vice president questions the financing (Email #1) but says nothing about a campaign reform.    So, this statement isn't supported by the text.
  
  -    E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing supported candidates whose policy positions did not appeal to ethnic minorities.    The chart in Email #2 clearly shows a decrease in support from ethnic minorities.    So, this statement is supported by the text.

-    Urban voters will control the results of elections by 2050.    The third email tells us that the minority will have a more significant influence in the election. However, there is no information connecting them with urban voters.    So, this statement isn't supported by the text.

3.   Part 2.   
 
  -    To elect more of the candidates whose policies the company supports, E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing must employ more Hispanics.    The candidates that the company has supported aren't really backed by Hispanics; however, there is no evidence that Hispanic employees influence the election results.    So, this statement isn't supported by the text.

-    The legislative consultant will actively lobby Asian-American legislators, because the candidates that E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing supported were more successful with Asian-Americans than with other minority groups.    The legislative consultant doesn't mention his plans in the email.    So, this statement isn't supported by the text.

KalleAbhi · Answer

Please add chart to tab2, as its missing.

idaut · Answer

Part 1.
The second choice is confusing: “E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing supported candidates whose policy positions did not appeal to ethnic minorities.”
Email #2 shows that E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing won in only one demographic group and lost in others, but it does not explain why those groups voted the way they did. Losing certain demographics does not necessarily mean that the candidates’ policy positions lacked appeal.

Since the emails only describe voting outcomes—not voter attitudes or policy preferences—can we really infer that the policies “did not appeal” to ethnic minorities?
Isn’t this an unwarranted causal assumption that goes beyond the information provided?

So, isn’t the correct answer “No”?

Bunuel · Answer

Archiving the question. Ambiguous wording.

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Yes	No
		The vice president is opposed to campaign finance reform.
		E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing supported candidates whose policy positions did not appeal to ethnic minorities.
		Urban voters will control the results of elections by 2050.

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		To elect more of the candidates whose policies the company supports, E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing must employ more Hispanics.
		The legislative consultant will actively lobby Asian-American legislators, because the candidates that E.A.S.Y. Manufacturing supported were more successful with Asian-Americans than with other minority groups.