As the political sovereign is not known to law, it is unorganised, the indeter iminar not even precise, modern representative democracies ipolitical sovereign is very often identified with eit whole mas ect rate or with BuLthe litical sovereign ther the electorate nor is identical with the whole mass o e people, Publi influ nces in the first wide hi Opinion beidentified e public opinion. Taking first the electorate, no one can doub0 political power in a representative system of government The legislature dare not disregard the will nf the electorate. It may e command the legislature to do its bidding. If it does not, the members of the gislature may be punished at the next election for failure to obey the will of the electorate. Every lew years, the electorate creates a new representative chamber, and in doing so it largely determines the nature of parliamentary commands. But on closer examination, it will be found that the electors have no independent opinion of their own. They are influenced by party politics and while casting their votes, they vote for the party rather than for the candidates. The decision of the electorate is also influenced by religious and caste considerations, particularly in India, and the role of press, publicity and propaganda in a democratic State is significant. Thus, so many influences visible and hidden, affect the decisions of the electorate that it becomes difficult to say where sovereignty precisely lies