PT63.S3.Q26-- a recent poll showed

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  SSBM1000 Member

  August 2020 edited August 2020 614 karma

  Hello,

  A is correct because it says that almost all the people who believe that he is guilty of the ethics violations thought he was a poor mayor. In other words, almost all the people who supported him both before and after the accusations don't believe that he is guilty of them, thus their opinion has no reason to change and there is no reason for the percentage of people who support him to change.

  E is wrong because we have no idea how many people saw his defense, nor how many people accepted it and rejected it. It requires us to assume too much to make it a solid answer choice, hence why it's wrong.
• Darklord Alum Member

  August 2020 586 karma

  Forgive me for not quite understanding @SSBM1000 , but how exactly can we assume anything about the people who supported the candidate from the information given in A about the people who believed the accusations?
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  SSBM1000 Member

  August 2020 614 karma

  @Darklord said:
  Forgive me for not quite understanding @SSBM1000 , but how exactly can we assume anything about the people who supported the candidate from the information given in A about the people who believed the accusations?

  No worries. You're right that we can't necessarily assume anything about them, but, based on answer choice A, we can conclude that the the vast majority of them don't believe he is guilty of ethics violations, which could explain why the percentage who thinks he's a good mayor didn't decrease, as we aren't given any reason to think their opinion would change except for the ethics violations. If you have any more questions, feel free to let me know and I'll do my best to address them.
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  Darklord Alum Member

  August 2020 586 karma

  this works! thank you very much @SSBM1000!