Political theorist: The vast majority

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Stimulus

Political theorist: The vast majority of countries that have a single political party have corrupt national governments, but some countries with a plurality of parties also have corrupt national governments. What all countries with however, is the weakness of local governments.

What this question is testing

Must be True

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question

12.

If all of the political theorist’s statements are true, which one of the following must

Answer choices

Trap1% picked this
Every country with weak local government has a single
Bad Trigger Match Too Strong: all countries with weak local
1%
Correct82% picked this
Some countries with weak local governments have a plurality of
Why this is right
Answer B is correct.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
82%
Out of Scope: non-corrupt governments6% picked this
Some countries with weak local governments do not have corrupt
Out of Scope: non-corrupt governments
6%
Trap6% picked this
The majority of countries with weak local governments have a single
Bad Trigger Match Too Strong: most weak local countries
6%
Unsupported Comparison: fewer5% picked this
Fewer multiparty countries than single-party countries have weak
Unsupported Comparison: fewer
5%

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