As the political sovereign is not known to law, it is unorganized, indeterminate, and not even precise . In modern representative democracies the political sovereign is very often identified with either the whole mass of the people, or with the electorate or with public opinion. But the political sovereign is neither the electorate nor is it identical with the whole mass of the people, nor can it be identified with the public opinion. Taking rate first the electorate, no one can doubt its political power in a representative system of government. The legislature dare not disregard the will nf the electorate. It may even command the legislature to do its bidding. If it does not, the members of the legislature may be punished at the next election for failure to obey the will of the electorate. Every law 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 pf 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.