Similar to city council elections, most citizens select their state and congressional legislators through at-large—not district—elections.

Which of the following is not a form of government for county boards of supervisors?

Special-purpose local governments are a name given to only those institutions that oversee power and water provision.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the population size of a city and the number of councilors on the city’s council?

Which of the following best characterizes our understanding of the effects of a mayor’s party on policy?

Most members of local legislatures receive a full-time salary once elected.

Roughly 80 percent of cities elect their councilors in nonpartisan elections.

In addition to service requirements or restrictions, a key control of the state over cities is:

The practice of responding to constituent demands to solve particular problems, often involving a bureaucracy, is:

According to scholar Nancy Burns, which of the following is a reason new city governments are incorporated?