Popular Sovereignty
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In the United States, all political power rests in the people. The people are the only source for governmental power. The principle of popular sovereignty is even declared in the introduction of the Declaration of Independence where the people "ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." In other words, the government draws its power from the people because the people are sovereign in the fact that a government can only govern under the consent of the people.