LSAT 121 – Section 1 – Question 22

LSAT 121 - Section 1 - Question 22

December 2005

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PT121 S1 Q22
+LR
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Sampling +Smpl
A
1%
156
B
1%
156
C
8%
157
D
16%
159
E
75%
165
144
153
162
 +Harder 145.604 +SubsectionMedium

In a poll conducted by interviewing eligible voters in their homes just before the recent election, incumbent candidate Kenner was significantly ahead of candidate Muratori. Nonetheless, Muratori won the recent election.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why did Muratori win the election if Muratori was significantly behind Kenner in polling conducted in the homes of eligible voters just before the election?

Objective
The right answer will be a hypothesis that addresses something that wasn’t captured by the polling conducted in the homes of eligible voters just before the election. The thing that wasn’t captured could be something that changed after the poll or that the poll didn’t cover.

A
The positions taken by Muratori and Kenner on many election issues were not very similar to each other.
The positions taken by Muratori and Kenner are irrelevant. We know Kenner was significantly ahead of Muratori in polling conducted in the homes of eligible voters right before the election, so we need an answer that addresses why the election results didn’t follow this polling.
B
Kenner had held elected office for many years before the recent election.
Kenner holding elected office in the years before the election tells us nothing about why the polling conducted immediately before the election wasn’t representative of the election results.
C
In the year leading up to the election, Kenner was implicated in a series of political scandals.
Even with Kenner being implicated in scandals in the year leading up to the election, Kenner was ahead in polling immediately before the election. We need to know why that polling didn’t reflect the election outcome.
D
Six months before the recent election, the voting age was lowered by three years.
The polling mentioned in the stimulus occurred immediately before the election and covered eligible voters, so voters made eligible six months before the election would’ve been considered by the polling. The polling accounts for (D).
E
In the poll, supporters of Muratori were more likely than others to describe the election as important.
If (E) is true, Kenner’s supporters were less likely to consider the election important and thus probably less likely to vote. The poll in the stimulus showing Kenner had more supporters than Muratori doesn’t capture this, which could lead to the poll being inaccurate.

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