Political Party Question?

[Lindbergh]

I'm curious, can someone describe?

[Cabra]

Paraphrase:
Land Party's one political victory took place in 1935.
 Most of its support that year was from rural and rural-ish areas. Economic problems had hit that agricultural sector of the pop. hardest and Land Party targeted those groups. Conclusion: Land Party's success was due to combination of specifically addressing the concerns of those groups, and because of the economic problems.

Stem: Each of the following, if true, strengthens the historian's argument EXCEPT:

[Lindbergh]

Cool, anyone have the choices? 

I like tough LR's.

[Cabra]

choices:
a. previously, LP made no attempt to address interests of economically distressed urban groups. (correct answer)
b. Voter are more likely to vote for a party that focuses on their problems
c. land party had most of its success when agricultural sector was struggling
d. no other party specifically addressed the issues of rural agricultural sector at that time
e the greater degree of economic distress, the more likely people are to vote

[Lindbergh]

choices:
a. previously, LP made no attempt to address interests of economically distressed urban groups. (correct answer)
b. Voter are more likely to vote for a party that focuses on their problems
c. land party had most of its success when agricultural sector was struggling
d. no other party specifically addressed the issues of rural agricultural sector at that time
e the greater degree of economic distress, the more likely people are to vote

I suppose the key is the word "urban".

[Cabra]

yeah, that's what I figured--it has nothing to do with the historian's argument so clearly it doesn't support it.

[Lindbergh]

yeah, that's what I figured--it has nothing to do with the historian's argument so clearly it doesn't support it.

I suppose some people misread that as "rural".  What was the other popular choice?  D or E?

[rizz]

choices:
a. previously, LP made no attempt to address interests of economically distressed urban groups. (correct answer)
b. Voter are more likely to vote for a party that focuses on their problems
c. land party had most of its success when agricultural sector was struggling
d. no other party specifically addressed the issues of rural agricultural sector at that time
e the greater degree of economic distress, the more likely people are to vote

I suppose the key is the word "urban".

Yeah I totally missed that. For some reason I was sure it said rural