1. which principle governs the right to rule form the people?
a. limited government
c. popular sovereignty
b. separation of powers
d. federalism

The right answer is C.

Explanation:

The real sovereign is not a monarch or a powerful autocrat as it used to be before the 19th century. The people is the sovereign, those who rule can do so only by the consent of those governed. That´s an idea formulated by the French philosopher Jean Jacques-Rousseau, a major thinker of  18th-century Enlightenment. The principle is enshrined in the US Constitution and in the constitutions of another democratic countries.

polling is a process and the outcome is not involved in the process itself.

the outcome, which is an unfavorable rating for a particular candidate is not affected by the mechanical process of polling.

it rather depends on the number of people voting in favor of the candidate.

this is an outcome of people's preferences.