LSAT 88, Logical Reasoning II, Q5, LSATHacks

LR Question 5 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Professor: During election years, voters often feel that…

QUESTION TYPE: Paradox

PARADOX: Voters feel like they’re not informed about election issues. But subscribers to newspapers that provide election issues coverage are no better informed than subscribers to newspapers that don’t cover election issues.

ANALYSIS: Just because you’re subscribed to a newspaper doesn’t mean you comprehend or even READ what’s written in the newspaper. It could be that these people skip over the elections coverage and only read the gossip column.

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1. This doesn’t explain why the people who do have access to these newspapers still don’t understand these issues.
2. This could be the case, but it still doesn’t explain why subscribers of these newspapers are still uninformed.
3. CORRECT. If the subscribers aren’t reading the articles about election issues, then they’re still uninformed even though they have access to the newspapers.
4. This is irrelevant. We’re only concerned about these voters who are subscribed to newspapers, but are still insufficiently informed about election issues.
5. We don’t care about the “majority of voters”, only those subscribed to newspapers who do provide coverage of election issues, and why they are still insufficiently informed about election issues.

Recap: The question begins with “Professor: During election years, voters often feel that”. It is a Paradox question. Learn how to master LSAT Paradox questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.

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