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definition of popular sovereignty

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Popular sovereignty is the political principle that ultimate authority and legitimacy in a state rest with the people: government exists and acts with the consent of the governed. In practice it means citizens exercise that authority through elections, referendums, constitutions and other democratic processes. Historically it contrasts with rule by divine right or hereditary rulers and is associated with thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.