QUESTION $3$

About how many elections for the House of Representatives are considered "safe" for the party which holds it$?$ "This is the United States & we have a wonderful democracy." squealed Judith with excitement. $"$We never truly know who will win an election until after the people have spoken. They are all contested."

"Stop it$,"$ offered the cynical Phoebe. "There is so much cheating in American elections, we know which party will win almost all of the House elections before the actual election. This is not really democracy at all."

$"$No system is perfect $-$ American democracy included," conceded Matan. "But even during our worst House elections. about half of the elections are truly competitive to the point where either party could win."

None of these are correct.