That's why I believe #3 is correct.
Presidential campaigns should focus on the full impact of lower oil prices.
The price of crude oil has remained at the forefront of political and economic conversations due to its far-reaching impact on foreign policy and the financial prosperity of U.S. citizens. Though Presidential campaigns may tout how they will reduce the price of gas for the American consumer, lower oil costs are not always the cure-all they are made out to be. Plummeting oil prices have a vast impact on the global economy, but local economies can also suffer. For example, when U.S. based oil companies lose money, it often results in personnel layoffs. If the costs remain low for a long period of time, the economic downfall will continue to spread throughout the cities and towns built around the oil industry.
The paragraph is about political talk/ presidential campaigns missing the point. The red highlights are the
topic sentence and summary. The remaining sentences are the development and examples. While answer number 2 is somewhat correct, the paragraph talks about local economies, not the entire American public.
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reading comprehension exam.
Don't "read" too much into it." Many of you took the bait and did not see the forest for the trees (fail to
grasp the main issue because of excessive attention to details).
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