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| Cincinnati Apartment Locator Services : Cincinnati Apartments |  | Contents | |
| Law and Government |
| Currently, although downtown Cincinnati generally
votes Democratic like other Midwestern cities, greater Cincinnati/Hamilton
County generally votes Republican. |
| The city is governed by a nine-member city council, whose
members are elected at large. Prior to 1924, city council was
elected through a system of wards. The ward system lent itself
to corruption and Cincinnati was run by the Republican political
machine of Boss Cox from the 1880's through the 1920's with
a few brief interludes. A reform movement arose in 1923, led
by another Republican, Murray Seasongood. Seasongood eventually
founded the Charter Committee, which used ballot initiatives
in 1924 to eliminate the ward system and replace it with the
current at-large system and also to introduce a city manager.
From 1924 to 1957, the council was selected by proportional
representation. As of 1957, all candidates run in a single race
and the top nine vote-getters are elected (the "9-X system").
The mayor was selected by the council. Starting in 1987, the
top vote-getter in the city council race automatically became
mayor. Starting in 1999, the mayor was chosen in a separate
election and the city manager accepted a lesser role in government;
these reforms were referred to as the "strong mayor"
reforms. Cincinnati politics includes the participation of the
Charter Party, the third-party with the longest history of winning
in local elections.
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| Race relations are an evolving challenge in Cincinnati. On
April 7, 2001, a Cincinnati policeman shot dead an unarmed 19-year-old
African-American named Timothy Thomas after an extended pursuit.
A week of race rioting followed (see 2001 Cincinnati Riots).
After the unrest, some African-American leaders called for a
boycott of downtown Cincinnati. The US Justice department contributed
to the ongoing collaborative agreement.
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