Questions tagged [political-transitions]
Questions about the transition from one administration to another, for example after an election.
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What happens if the US President-elect is sent to prison before assuming power?
This is a question about the period between November 5 and January 20 in an election year.
If a presidential candidate wins the election but is sent to prison on November 6, say, would they stay in ...
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How was President Gerald Ford appointed instead of just succeeding his role?
I’ve heard it said that one of the reasons President Gerald Ford was hated, was because he was appointed President, instead of being elected. And it’a also said he was the only president appointed.
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What if neither the president nor vice president is chosen by inauguration day?
The US election law says that the Senate picks the VP and the House picks the President.
If no president is elected when the term starts, the newly elected VP would act as President.
In such case, ...
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What if no Speaker is elected by Jan 6th after a presidential election?
By law, January 6th is the date on which a joint session of Congress meets in the House chambers to count the electoral votes cast for the presidential election, and certify the results.
What if on ...
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Will the crowning of King Charles have any practical effect on UK government?
The Queen of England has passed today and it appears that Prince Charles will assume the throne. Will this have any practical effect on their governing or nothing more than a change of figurehead? Is ...
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Shortest term as prime minister?
In November, Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned just hours after being elected. Was her reign the shortest of any nationally-elected executive? Have any leaders, in any other ...
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Is there some mechanism to punish past administrations that hinder the presidential transition in the U.S.?
Is there some mechanism to punish past administrations that hinder the presidential transition in the U.S.? I am wondering if past administrations need to follow certain rules to insure a non-eventful ...
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When will Chuck Schumer become Majority Leader?
I'm not from the USA myself and I'm trying to understand the transfer of power following the Georgia Run-off elections for the senate.
So far in my head I've got the following:
Joe Biden is the ...
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How does the new President secure the nuclear football during a "contested" transition
Following on to this question... since a military aide is always near the President with the Football, how does the new President get the football if that aide with the football is with the now-former ...
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How do President-elects and Vice-Presidents elects travel?
Biden and Harris are travelling to Georgia tonight to campaign for both democratic candidates in the Georgia runoffs.
How do they travel to get there? Given that Trump and Pence are still the ...
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Is President-elect Biden the first to create an "Office of the President-Elect" set?
I keep seeing this image on the internet, of President-elect Biden standing at a lectern that looks a bit like the president's.
I saw this picture of President-elect Biden in the USA Today, and the ...
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How does the UK manage to transition leadership so quickly compared to the USA?
I appreciate that the USA has a larger population and more layers to it system of governance, but I don't understand how the UK can transition between governments practically overnight and the USA ...
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Has Biden or his staff/selectees discussed plans of how to handle the physical White House and Secret Service, re: COVID?
By this, I don't mean how the President-Elect plans to handle COVID, big-picture, but rather how he and his staff are planning on dealing with the actual physical White House, the West Wing and the ...
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What happens if the GSA refuses to recognize Biden even after the Electoral College vote?
I'd like to know what legal actions, if any, can be taken supposing that after December the 14th (when the Electoral College meet and vote for Biden) the General Services Administration, instructed ...
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Does the introduction of elections and other democratic institutions contribute to social disruptions and chaos in a country with a weak state?
I am conducting a research on a historical period in Iran in which a short period of premature democratic rule by a government with low state capabilities led to social disruptions and chaos and ...
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