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Identify any instances of pseudoreasoning in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the pseudoreasons are irrelevant to the point at issue.

'Listen, Higgins. I need your vote in the next department election or I may not get elected chair. Remember, if I do get elected, it will be me who decides what hours your classes meet next year'.

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The expert identifies instances for pseudo reasoning for Higgins Elections.

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I am going to say the reasoning is incoherent with the statement, "or I may not get elected chair." Usually votes are counted and a single person does not keep a person ...

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