No, the election of a president is a civic exercise. The inauguration of a president, however, is a day of considerable ceremony.
The inauguration ceremony of a newly elected president takes place on January 20 of the year following the election.
The promise made to uphold the US Constitution is known as the Oath of the Office of the President of the United States. This oath is taken every year at the swearing in ceremony of the president following their election or re-election.
Inauguration ceremony
Barack Obama won the president election for 2012.
January 20th is the day the new President gets sworn in and the old President's term ends.The old president remains President up until the moment the new President takes the oath of office. The Oath of office ceremony is on the 20th of January following the election.
An 'inauguration' ceremony.
The ceremony after a person takes office is called an "inauguration."
The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace was a ceremony in England that the Election Day pageantry was a pale imitation of.
The inauguration ceremony.
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As I write this, the 2012 election has concluded, so the next election for president will be in 2016.
It is false. The election of 1796 resulted in a Federalist president and a Republican vice president.