Journalist: Although a recent poll found that more than half of all eligible voters support the idea of a political party whose primary concern is education, only 26 percent would like to join it, and only 16 percent would be prepared to donate money to it. Furthermore, there is overwhelming historical evidence that only a party that has at least 30 percent of eligible voters prepared to support it by either joining it or donating money to it is viable in the long run. Therefore, it is unlikely that an education party is viable in the long run.
Question: The reasoning in the journalist's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument fails to consider that
Options:
A. some of those who said they were willing to donate money to an education party might not actually do so if such a party were formed.
B. an education party could possibly be viable with a smaller base than is customarily needed.
C. the 16 percent of eligible voters prepared to donate money to an education party might donate almost as much money as a party would ordinarily expect to get if 30 percent of eligible voters contributed.
D. a party needs the appropriate support of at least 30 percent of eligible voters in order to be viable and more than half of all eligible voters support the idea of an education party.
E. some of the eligible voters who would donate money to an education party might not be prepared to join such a party.
Answer: E