referendum - LSAT

[arora007]

Claude:
To introduce greater public accountability into French foreign-policy decisions, France should hold referenda on major foreign-policy issues. Election results are too imprecise to count as a mandate, since elections are decided on multiple issues.

Lorraine:
The general public, unlike people in government, is unwilling or unable to become informed about foreign-policy issues. Therefore, the introduction of such referenda would lead to foreign-policy disaster.

Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for Lorraine's conclusion?

a) The public would become better informed about an issue in foreign policy if a referendum were held on it.
b) Not every issue would be subject to referendum,only the major outlines of policy.
c) Decision by referendum would make the overall course of policy unpredictable, and countries friendly to France could not make reasonable decisions based on a consistent French line.
d) Requiring a large minimum number of voters' signatures on a petition for referendum would ensure that many people would consider the issue and treat it as important.
e) Elections decided mainly on foreign-policy issues have perhaps constituted ratifications by the public of past decisions, but certainly not judgments about future issues posing new problems.

[uwhusky]

Interesting question.

I pick C, and it's because the conclusion of "foreign policy disaster". What is said in C could be constitute as foreign policy disaster.

[arora007]

wow...u got it right... i was in between C & E for quite a while...

[uwhusky]

I'll admit, it took a while =). A/B/D was pretty easy to eliminate, but E was wordy and little harder to comprehend.

However, if you look at it again, the subject of E is elections decided on foreign-policy issues, and nothing about Lorraine's main points.

[outreach]

C and E are close
but loraine says "foreign-policy disaster" and only C gives a possible reason for disaster