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Which presidential campaign slogan best demonstrates an unwarranted extrapolation?
“Vote Yourself a Farm and Horses” – Abraham Lincoln, 1860
“Grant Us Another Term” – Ulysses S. Grant, 1872
“He Kept Us Out of War” – Woodrow Wilson, 1916
“I’m Just Wild About Harry” – Harry S. Truman, 1948
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“He Kept Us Out of War” — Woodrow Wilson, 1916.
Why: an unwarranted extrapolation is drawing a future conclusion from limited past evidence. Wilson’s slogan implied that reelecting him would continue to keep the U.S. out of war. That projection from past performance into the future proved unjustified — the U.S. entered World War I in 1917. The other slogans are either promotional/nostalgic (Truman), aspirational (Lincoln’s phrase), or simply a plea for another term (Grant), but Wilson’s explicitly assumes past success guarantees future outcome.
Why: an unwarranted extrapolation is drawing a future conclusion from limited past evidence. Wilson’s slogan implied that reelecting him would continue to keep the U.S. out of war. That projection from past performance into the future proved unjustified — the U.S. entered World War I in 1917. The other slogans are either promotional/nostalgic (Truman), aspirational (Lincoln’s phrase), or simply a plea for another term (Grant), but Wilson’s explicitly assumes past success guarantees future outcome.
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