[EM] Detroit, Mich. City Council election Nov. 2001

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An example of at large voting in a fading away former major city.
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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
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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.