We have seen how in the UK there is a new Prime Minister and House of Commons the day after a (snap) general election, not two months like it is in the US, from Election day in November to Inauguration day in January. It may have been necessary in the US back in 1789 when travel was by horse, but this was true for the English parliament back then also. But the British (and other European countries) have adapted to modernity and get a new government quite quickly, but in the US we get two months of lame duck government.
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The US Constitution spells out the logistics of the elections, including the date on which it happens and the date on which power transfers.
It also includes the whole electoral college nonsense, wherein actual people are used as a proxy in the general election for the actual presidential election later, which back in the day would’ve required a time delay for those people to travel.
But because it’s in the constitution, it requires a lot to change, and that just isn’t happening in the current political climate.
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