Elected Presidency of the United States

The president-elect of the United States is the one who has apparently won, after the General Services Administration, the November general elections in the United States, and who has finally won when polling stations vote in December and counts in a joint session of Congress in January.

During the period between the presidential election and the inauguration, the outgoing president is called a lame duck, while the incoming president spearheads a presidential transition to ensure a fluid exchange of powers.

If the president in office has been re-elected, he is not called elected, since he is already in the Administration and is not waiting to take office. Likewise, if a vice president becomes president for the death of the president, his resignation or removal (via impeachment), he does not receive the title of elect, since he would become president immediately. / p>

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