In the 1970 elections in the country of Wilsonia, a total of 15 women were elected to the country’s national legislative body—Wilsonia's 100-person senate; in 1990 a total of 54 women were elected to this body. Yet the proportion of successful candidates among those women who ran for seats in Wilsonia’s senate was no higher in 1990 than it had been in 1970.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions?

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More women were elected to Wilsonia’s senate in 1990 than in any previous year.

The proportion of successful candidates among those men who ran for seats in Wilsonia’s senate was lower in 1990 than it had been in 1970.

Fewer candidates ran for Wilsonia’s senate in 1990 than had done so in 1970.

More women ran for seats in Wilsonia’s senate in 1990 than in 1970.

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Many of the women who ran successfully for seats in Wilsonia’s senate in the 1970s and 1980s were still in office in 1990.

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