Question ID:PT21 S3 Q19 Passage:In the first decade following the founding of the British Labour party, the number of people regularly voting for Labour increased fivefold. The number of committed Labour voters increased a further fivefold during the party’s second decade. Since the increase was thus the same in the first as in the second decade, the often-made claim that the Labour party gained more voters in the party’s second decade than in its first is clearly false. Stem:The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:fails to specify dates necessary to evaluate the truth of the conclusion, even though the argument depends on distinguishing between two time periods Choice B:draws a conclusion that cannot be true if all the data advanced in its support are true Choice C:relies on statistical evidence that, strictly speaking, is irrelevant to establishing the conclusion drawn Choice D:fails to allow for the possibility that the policy positions advocated by the Labour party changed during the period in question Choice E:overlooks the possibility that more elections were held in one of the two decades than were held in the other