Francis: Failure to become properly

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported Both7% picked this

   whether changing the voter registration process would

   Neither person is talking about whether or not the process of changing voter registration would be cumbersome. Francis only commented on the fact that the current process of registering is cumbersome, and Sharon didn't even comment on that.

   7%
2. B

   Correct88% picked this

   why so many citizens do not register

   Why this is right

   Because the disagreement was so explicitly obvious, the correct answer is testing the underlying reasons / assumption each person had in arguing F: if registration were simpler, more would register S: simplifying registration wouldn't lead to more registering Francis thinks that citizens aren't registering to vote primarily because of how cumbersome the registration process is. Sharon, meanwhile, thinks that citizens aren't registering to vote primarily because they don't believe that their vote would make a difference.

   Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   88%
3. C

   Unsupported for Both1% picked this

   what percentage of those registered to vote

   Neither person discusses at any point what % of registered voters actually vote. Francis discusses what % of eligible voters are registered, and Sharon doesn't bring this stuff up at all.

   1%
4. D

   Not Main Issue3% picked this

   whether local election boards have simplified the

   Sharon definitely believes this has happened, but we don't have any comment from Francis, so we aren't sure whether he disagrees. Because of how he phrased his hypothetical .... if local election boards made the excessively cumbersome process easier, it kind of sounds like he isn't acknowledging that they have made the process easier in the past. But even if we could say that Francis disagrees with Sharon here, it wouldn't be their main issue of disagreement. They are explicitly arguing over whether simplifying registration (whether it's been somewhat simplified in the past or not) would lead to more registration.

   3%
5. E

   No Support Person 11% picked this

   why the public lacks confidence in the effects

   Only Sharon discusses how much belief people have in the power of their vote. We don't have any idea where Francis stands on this issue.

   1%