PrepTest 84, Section 3, Question 5
Pundit: Clearly, the two major political parties in this city have become sharply divided on the issues. In the last four elections, for example, the parties were separated by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Pundit: Clearly, the two major political parties in this city have become sharply divided on the issues. In the last four elections, for example, the parties were separated by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Pundit: Clearly, the two major political parties in this city have become sharply divided on the issues. In the last four elections, for example, the parties were separated by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Pundit: Clearly, the two major political parties in this city have become sharply divided on the issues. In the last four elections, for example, the parties were separated by less than 1 percent of the vote.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
confuses the cause of the sharp division with an effect of the sharp division
presumes, without argument, that sharp division is a bad thing
has a conclusion that is merely a restatement of one of its premises
fails to indicate how what is happening in one city compares with what is happening in other cities
takes for granted that an almost even division in votes indicates a sharp division on issues
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