Campaigning for election to provincial

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct76% picked this

   Catering to the interests of national party officials sometimes conflicts with serving the interests of a provincial or

   Why this is right

   This connects the premise idea to the conclusion idea. And since it says "sometimes", it's definitely not too strong. If we negated this answer, it would be saying, "catering to the interests of national party officials never conflicts with serving the interests of local constituencies." That would be a huge objection. The only reason the author thinks that elected officials will often fail to serve the locals' interests is because the elected officials will be spending a lot of time and energy catering to the interests of national party officials. But if those two things never conflict, then doing one doesn't impede the other.

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

   76%
2. B

   Too Strong: only6% picked this

   Only by catering to the interests of national party officials can those who hold provincial or

   On Necessary Assumption, we're always squeamish about strong language (not that it's never correct, but we should never feel okay picking it without worrying about whether that strength of language is justified). Did this author promise that you cannot win reelection unless you cater to national party officials' interests? No, the author just said that campaigning for election frequently requires catering to them. She didn't say it always requires doing so.

   6%
3. C

   Too Strong: only16% picked this

   The interests of local constituencies are well served only by elected officials who do not cater to the

   On Necessary Assumption, we're always squeamish about strong language (not that it's never correct, but we should never feel okay picking it without worrying about whether that strength of language is justified). Did this author promise that the interests of local constituencies are never served by elected officials who do cater to the interests of national party officials? No, the author is just concluding that the interests of local constituencies are often not served by elected officials cater to the interests of national party officials.

   16%
4. D

   Too Strong1% picked this

   Officials elected to provincial or state office are obligated to serve only the interests of constituents who belong to the same

   Too Strong: only Out of Scope: same party This answer is also too strong. The paragraph never talks about whether elected officials serve the interests of all their constituents or only the constituents that belong to their party. We also never talked about anyone being obligated to serve anyone's interests.

   1%
5. E

   Too Strong: all1% picked this

   All elected officials are likely to seek reelection to those offices that are not limited

   The author makes no predictions or claims about what % of elected officials seek another term. The conclusion is talking only about the elected officials who do seek reelection, but it doesn't matter if that's 5% of elected officials or 100%.

   1%