Couple LR Questions from Supp Material Set #1, Q73

[SherryZ]

Supplemental Material - LR Problem Set 1:


Q73: I picked answer choice B, but the correct answer is A. Could you tell me why B is incorrect and Why A is correct?

Thank you so much for your help!


Sincerely,
Sherry

[David Boyle]

Supplemental Material - LR Problem Set 1:


Q73: I picked answer choice B, but the correct answer is A. Could you tell me why B is incorrect and Why A is correct?

Thank you so much for your help!


Sincerely,
Sherry

Hello Sherry,

B, it so happens, may not be relevant. What if most citizens didn't vote? say, 49.99 percent of folks voted? Would that make any real difference?
The core--or joke, as it were--of this problem is that the Mooresvillian says (a) it's bad that everyone votes for incumbents, but (b) he's going to vote for his own incumbent!!
On that note, answer choice A is correct, because how can the council makeup be changed unless somebody *doesn't* vote for an incumbent?

Hope that helps,
David

[SherryZ]

Hi David,

Thank you for your help! But my mind still sticks.

A says " at least some other voters in Mooresville do NOT make the same exception for their own incumbent in the upcoming election". Does it mean that some other voters NOT ONLY VOTE AGAINST ALL THOSE INCUMBENTS, but also NOT vote for THE INCUMBENT WHO REPRESENTS THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD??

Thank you!


Sincerely,
Sherry

[David Boyle]

Hi David,

Thank you for your help! But my mind still sticks.

A says " at least some other voters in Mooresville do NOT make the same exception for their own incumbent in the upcoming election". Does it mean that some other voters NOT ONLY VOTE AGAINST ALL THOSE INCUMBENTS, but also NOT vote for THE INCUMBENT WHO REPRESENTS THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD??

Thank you!


Sincerely,
Sherry

Hello,

The question stem says they can only vote for or against their own neighborhood's, so they can't really vote against all the other incumbents too.

David