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What is popular sovereignty

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Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.

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The idea that the government is their to serve the people, and if the government is not serving the people/misbehaving the people have a right to take them out of office.

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