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Cities 101 -- <br />Elections <br />Ll <br />016 <br />At -Large and District <br />ound <br />\\ <br />The form of municipal elections varies from city to city, with three <br />common variations: some cities elect their local representatives by at - <br />large elections, some by district, and some using a mixed system. <br />The election system of a given city is determined by the nature of the <br />council members' constituency and by the presence or absence of <br />party labels on the ballot. With regard to the first feature, there are two <br />types of constituencies for city council members: at -large and <br />district. <br />At -Large <br />All at -large members are elected to serve the same constituency, <br />which is the population of the city as a whole. At -large election <br />proponents favor having council members elected by the entire city <br />because: <br />► Council members in an at -large system can be more impartial, <br />rise above the limited perspective of a single district and concern <br />themselves with the problems of the whole community; <br />0 Vote trading between councilmembers may be minimized; and <br />