LSAT 134 – Section 3 – Question 07

LSAT 134 - Section 3 - Question 07

October 2011

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT134 S3 Q07
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
0%
150
B
94%
165
C
1%
156
D
5%
158
E
1%
152
125
135
146
 +Easier 146.872 +SubsectionMedium

Tanner: The public should demand political debates before any election. Voters are better able to choose the candidate best suited for office if they watch the candidates seriously debate one another.

Saldana: Political debates almost always benefit the candidate who has the better debating skills. Thus, they don’t really help voters determine which candidate is most qualified for office.

Speaker 1 Summary
The public should demand political debates before elections. Why? Because by watching a debate, voters are better able to choose which candidate is best suited for office.

Speaker 2 Summary
Political debates don’t help voters determine which candidate is best suited for office. Why? Because debates benefit the candidate who has the better debating skills.

Objective
We need a statement that Tanner and Saldana disagree on. Tanner thinks that debates help voters determine which candidate is best suited for office. Saldana thinks that debates don’t really help voters make this determination.

A
Political candidates with strong debating skills are more likely to win elections than those with weak debating skills.
Tanner does not express an opinion on this statement. We only know that Tanner believes political debates help voters make their decisions.
B
A voter who watches a political debate will likely be better able, as a result, to determine which candidate is more qualified for office.
Tanner and Saldana disagree on this statement. Tanner agrees and that’s why he thinks there should be political debates before every election. Saldana disagrees because she thinks debates only reflect a candidate’s debating skills, not whether they are best suited for office.
C
Debating skills are of little use to politicians in doing their jobs once they are elected to office.
Tanner does not express an opinion on this statement. Tanner may think that debating skills help voters determine a candidate’s suitability, but he does not express whether these skills are useful or not after candidates are elected.
D
The candidates with the best debating skills are the ones who are most qualified for the political offices for which they are running.
Tanner does not express an opinion on this statement. We only know that Tanner thinks that debates are informative for voters. We don’t know whether Tanner thinks the debating skills specifically are indicative of a candidate’s suitability.
E
Political debates tend to have a major effect on which candidate among those participating in a debate will win the election.
Tanner does not express an opinion on this statement. We don’t know whether Tanner thinks that debates causally effect a candidate’s chances of winning an election.

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