I believe the answer is: political institutions
In united states, the role of political institutions is to hear the aspiration/principles that held by a specific group of people, and appoint a certain candidate to realise those aspirations/principles into an actual law/regulations.
It first known when: <span>Prophets in all ages have foretold that latter-day Restoration of the gospel
Basically, almost every religion teach that at the end of the time, humans will be divided into those who are 'good' and those who are 'bad'. The promise of </span>latter-day Restoration is used by every religion to influence their believers that they need to keep doing the teachings of that religion because they can never know when will the restoration day come.
D. Ronald Reagan
Most others when by the popular vote.