Question

In a representative government the sovereign will of the people is expressed through what

Answer 1

Answer:

Representative democracy places power in the hands of representatives who are elected by the people.

Explanation:

• Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.

• By there elected representatives (rule by the people), who are the source of all political power.
• The sovereignty of peoples, enabling self government, as for example of indigenous peoples, is supported by the international right to self-determination.

Hence representative democracy places power in the hands of representatives who are elected by the people.