Urban politics in the United States

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American urban politics refers to politics within cities of the United States of America. City governments, run by mayors or city councils, hold a restricted amount of governing power. State and federal governments have been granted a large portion of city governance as laid out in the U.S. Constitution.^{[citation needed]}

The small remaining power held by individual cities becomes a target of numerous outside influences such as large corporations and real-estate developers.^{[citation needed]} American Urban Politics determine the socio-economic make-up of urban neighborhoods and contribute to the ever present disparity between Urban America and Suburban America.^{[citation needed]}