LSAT 149 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 149 - Section 1 - Question 01

December 2017

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT149 S1 Q01
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Analogy +An
A
0%
158
B
1%
156
C
94%
163
D
2%
151
E
4%
153
127
136
145
 +Easier 143.093 +SubsectionEasier

The mayoral race in Bensburg is a choice between Chu, a prodevelopment candidate, and Lewis, who favors placing greater limits on development. Prodevelopment candidates have won in the last six mayoral elections. Thus, Chu will probably defeat Lewis.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that Chu will probably defeat Lewis in the mayoral race. This is based on the fact that prodevelopment candidates have won the last six mayoral elections, and Chu, unlike Lewis, is a prodevelopment candidate.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that the reasons that led to prodevelopment candidates winning in the past continue to apply to the race between Chu and Lewis. The author assumes that people won’t choose to support anti-development candidates in the upcoming election.

A
Lewis has extensive experience in national politics, but not in city politics.
This is a negative aspect of Lewis. This doesn’t help suggest that he will probably win over Chu.
B
Prodevelopment mayoral candidates in Bensburg generally attract more financial backing for their campaigns.
This might help explain why prodevelopment candidates have won. But this doesn’t suggest that the same reason won’t apply to this race.
C
Bensburg is facing serious new problems that most voters attribute to overdevelopment.
This suggests that voters might not be as attracted to prodevelopment candidates during this election as they had been during past election.
D
Lewis once worked as an aide to a prodevelopment mayor of Bensburg.
The premises tell us that Lewis favors placing limits on development. His past experience doesn’t change the fact that he is not a prodevelopment candidate.
E
Chu was not thought of as a prodevelopment politician before this election.
Regardless of what people knew of him before, the premises tell us that Chu is a prodevelopment candidate. (E) isn’t suggesting that voters don’t know Chu is prodevelopment.

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