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Reviewing various western democracies it looks like most mayoral candidates run affiliated with a political party. The exception is Canada where mayoral candida

• jancsika 11mo ago
  Most of the large city mayoral races in the U.S. are partisan. But I'm not sure how it breaks down by state in the U.S. for small towns.
• bpye 11mo ago
  > The exception is Canada where mayoral candidates run an independent campaign. That's not universal. The City of Vancouver for example has a party system, though the parties are largely not affiliated with provincial or federal parties. There are exceptions there as well though - the Vancouver Greens are affiliated with both the provincial and federal Green parties.
• roncesvalles 11mo ago
  On the other extreme is India where even university student coucil candidates are associated with national political parties.