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Question

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.

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Soumya200011 · Answer

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.

globaldesi · Answer

I am confused between D and E
D also states that voting increase but no where it means that the vote will be in support hence the political power will increase.

E infact states that retired people vote on issues that matter. It might support the sentence.

Can some one else exaplian

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

I think that the correct answer is actually (A), and that the OA is mismarked in the system.

elavendan1 · Answer

I marked B because, 
Option 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.
So earlier the number of retired people supporting parties was ~10, now it will be 15. Though the increase is marginal, the political power of older,retired people actually increases. 
Option B: Retired people devote more time to political activities. I am a bit confused about the political activities here. They can range anywhere from campaigning to participating in election. Does this mean that the political power actually increase than their numbers? I don't think so. Their campaigning might be influential, but there is too much of assumption around the option B.

Can anyone please help differentiating between A and B?

kush09 · Answer

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.
 -- No change in voting before and after retirement, hence doesn't in gaining political power. 
 
(B) Retired people devote more time to political activities than do members of the work force.
 -- Devoting more time will help them in getting more political power.

(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.
 -- More family votes help them in getting more political power.

(D) Retired people are more likely to vote than are members of the workforce.
 -- This also helps

(E) More retired people than working people belong to associations that mobilize their members to take action concerning political issues that may affect them.
 -- This also helps

Answer: A

raunakd11 · Answer

Hello guys! We need to find the case where political parties are not in a direct influence, in terms of the workforce. Using POE, Option A looks good. Let's come back later. Eliminate Option B , this greatly supports the growth of political power of retirees. Eliminate Option C , this also tells us that despite clashes they vote for their betterment, which states that the political power is growing. Eliminate Option D , this clears our concern, by asserting the required statement. Eliminate Option E , this asserts that more people are adhered towards taking aid from political power, which clears that political power for retirees is growing. Option A fails to support all the retirees. It says that the ones who were a part of the political force while they were working will be the only members supporting politics, and the ones who were not working were not supporting politics whatsoever. I hope this answer works in the best interest of everyone!

Official Answer:- Option A Thank you! Regards, Raunak Damle

AdiBir · Answer

elavendan1

A)  says that those who had supported political parties while working are more likely to support parties after retirement.
 What we know:  Some supported political parties while working and some didn't.
 What A means:  Suppose there are 100 people. 80 of them supported political parties while working and 20 didn't. Now A says that these 80 are more likely to support parties(any) after retirement. 
Suppose the probability that the 20 who didn't support political parties while working will support parties now is 0.3.
What A says that the probability of the other 80 supporting parties is greater than 0.3 ,but there is no surety that they will support. It's just more likely, while these 80 certainly supported parties while working.
So  A  does not strengthen.

B)  says that retired people will devote more time to political activities. Although these activities can be anything but still it increases the likelihood of increment in political heft of older group. So B is better strengthener than A. Not perfect but still better.

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richirish · Answer

Pretty easy question, A is the obvious choice here, the numbers will remain constant, qualitative support is not equal to quantitative.

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