Because the U.S. uses single member districts, we should expect that a party receiving 55 percent of the votes in U.S. House elections will win what share of the seats?

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Single member districts in the U.S. tend to favor the incumbent party or candidate and can lead to a situation called "gerrymandering" where district boundaries are redrawn to favor one party. Therefore, it is likely that a party receiving 55 percent of the votes in U.S. House elections will win much more than 55 percent of the seats.