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#24731
Complete Question Explanation
Main Point—#%. The correct answer choice is (C)
The author of this stimulus questions the results of a poll whose representativeness is questioned. Perkins, favored in the poll, happens to be a favorite of the upper middle class, and the poll happens to have been conducted in upper-priced malls. Thus, the author asserts, it looks as though Perkins supporters may have been overrepresented.
The question stem asks for the main point of the stimulus, which can be prephrased with a direct quote from line 3: “the results of that poll are dubious.”
Answer choice (A): The author does not discuss intent, only outcome, so this choice is not even necessarily accurate, and it is certainly not the main point.
Answer choice (B): The beliefs of Samuel’s supporters are not discussed in the stimulus, so this cannot be the main point.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This answer basically restates our prephrase from the discussion above: it is doubtful that the results of the referenced pole provide an accurate representation of the population’s preferences.
Answer choice (D): While the author questions the accuracy of the poll, the author does not assert that Samuels is “quite likely” to win. This answer choice is not confirmed by the stimulus, and does not represent the author’s main point.
Answer choice (E): While the author would likely agree with this statement, the main point is that the pole was unrepresentative and its results thus doubtful.
Main Point—#%. The correct answer choice is (C)
The author of this stimulus questions the results of a poll whose representativeness is questioned. Perkins, favored in the poll, happens to be a favorite of the upper middle class, and the poll happens to have been conducted in upper-priced malls. Thus, the author asserts, it looks as though Perkins supporters may have been overrepresented.
The question stem asks for the main point of the stimulus, which can be prephrased with a direct quote from line 3: “the results of that poll are dubious.”
Answer choice (A): The author does not discuss intent, only outcome, so this choice is not even necessarily accurate, and it is certainly not the main point.
Answer choice (B): The beliefs of Samuel’s supporters are not discussed in the stimulus, so this cannot be the main point.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This answer basically restates our prephrase from the discussion above: it is doubtful that the results of the referenced pole provide an accurate representation of the population’s preferences.
Answer choice (D): While the author questions the accuracy of the poll, the author does not assert that Samuels is “quite likely” to win. This answer choice is not confirmed by the stimulus, and does not represent the author’s main point.
Answer choice (E): While the author would likely agree with this statement, the main point is that the pole was unrepresentative and its results thus doubtful.