Question

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Answer 1

The quotations from the excerpt that best represent reasonable evidence to support the claim that Americans are losing confidence in their governments are 1 and 3:

1. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.  (YES)

2. . . . the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world.

(NO)

3. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote.  (YES)

4. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping. . .   (NO)

Evidence is generally used in argumentative essays to support a claim that the writer has made about a debatable topic. Moreover, evidence is included in order to make this claim more solid and convincing for the reader. In this case, quotations 1 and 3 provide proper evidence because they are implying that most people do not have hope for a better future regarding political issues.