LSAT 115 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q6

LR Question 6 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A politician can neither be reelected nor avoid censure…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be True

ANALYSIS: If a politician is known to be in a scandal, two things happen: they are censured and they won’t be reelected.

The politicians in question were known to have been involved in a scandalous conspiracy. The stimulus concludes that the politicians in question won’t be reelected. We can also conclude that they will be censured by their colleagues.

We don’t know a single thing more than that.

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1. CORRECT. Yes. They will be censured and they won’t be reelected.
2. We don’t know. Maybe they were really, really unpopular and thought a conspiracy was their only hope.
3. This is an incorrect reversal. A politician could have really bad policies and be censured.
4. Maybe, maybe not. It might have been an all-around disaster for them.
5. They might, but we have no evidence that any such politicians exist.

Recap: The question begins with “A politician can neither be reelected nor avoid censure”. It is a Must be True question. Learn more about LSAT MBT questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.