<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The mayor--council government system is a system of organization of local government . It is one of the two most common forms of local government in the United States and is also used in Canada . It is the one most frequently adopted in large cities, although the other form, council--manager government, is the typical local government form of more municipalities . </P> <P> Characterized by having a mayor who is elected by the voters, the mayor--council variant may be broken down into two main variations depending on the relationship between the legislative and executive branches, becoming a weak - mayor or a strong - mayor variation based upon the powers of the office . These forms are used principally in modern representative municipal governments in the United States, but also are used in some other countries . </P>

Which type of city government is most favored by the large cities in the united states