TASK 1:
Question: The charts below show the reasons why students in different age categories voted for a particular candidate to be their student representative.
ANSWER:
The two pie charts compare the proportions of students in two age groups, 18–22 and 23–50, who voted for a particular candidate as their student representative for five different reasons.
Overall, younger students were most likely to support the candidate because they found them easy to talk to, whereas trustworthiness was the leading consideration among older students. In contrast, knowledge of local traditions was the least important factor for both age groups.
Among the 18-22 age range, the largest proportion, at 32%, voted for the candidate because they were easy to talk to. This was followed by good speaking skills, which accounted for 24% of the votes, while trustworthiness was cited by a slightly smaller percentage, at 20%. The ability to handle negotiations was less influential, representing 16%, whereas knowledge of local traditions was the least common reason, at just 8%.
Turning to students aged 23–50, trustworthiness emerged as the most important consideration, accounting for 26% of the votes, six percentage points higher than the figure for younger students. Being easy to talk to and the ability to handle negotiations were equally valued, each representing 22%, although the former was considerably less important than among younger students. Meanwhile, good speaking skills accounted for 20%, four percentage points lower than the corresponding figure for the younger group. Finally, knowledge of local traditions remained the least significant factor, at only 10%.
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