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alexgriva [62]
4 years ago
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What does the term popular sovereignty mean?

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2 answers:
navik [9.2K]4 years ago
5 0

A. All government power comes from the people.

Popular for this term is referring to the populous or people of a group and sovereignty means holding the political power.

Popular sovereignty refers to the right of the people to vote for political issues. If a government is run by popular sovereignty then the government answers to the vote of the people. A democracy would be an example of country organized around the concept of popular sovereignty.

Digiron [165]4 years ago
3 0
A is the correct answer! Popular = the people, the populous. Sovereignty = rule. So, the people rule! This is usually done through voting.
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