Question

Which of these best represents the idea of popular sovereignty? Group of answer choices To be effective a government must be popular with its citizens Legitimate power of government flows from the will and consent of the people. Legitimate power of government flows only from the Constitution. Legitimate power of government flows from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

Answer 1

Good choice:

Legitimate power of government flows from the will and consent of the people.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the main ideas embodied in the US Constitution and in the constitutions of modern democracies is the idea of the people as the sovereign. It´s one of the key ideas of Enlightenment: the nation´s sovereignty does not not lie in an absolute monarch, an autocrat, an individual ruler, but in the people. Those who rule must do so with the due consent of those ruled. That´s why elections are held regularly to elect a president and a parliament´s members in Western democracies.