An example of at large voting in a fading away former major city. ----- Detroit, Mich. City Council election Nov. 2001
Nonpartisan, Vote for 9 at most, Top 9 elected Percent of Total voters 67.5 1 63.9 2 63.2 3 63.0 4 55.5 5 50.6 6 45.5 7 45.1 8 36.6 9 ------ 35.8 10 29.2 11 29.0 12 24.3 13 23.3 14 22.3 15 21.5 16 18.2 17 16.7 18 0.5 19 (write-ins) 7.12 votes per voter 7.12/9 = 79.1 percent of full votes on average Note that 3 of the winners got a minority of the votes. The popularity contest nature of the at large city council elections (in force since 1918) has directly contributed to the decline of Detroit since the early 1950's. Standard remedy- proportional representation.
