The vice pres. takes over .
Because if the President elect is shot or killed before sworn in the vice President will be able to take the place as President.
The president-elect is sworn (formally inducted) into office.
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will be sworn in prior to President-elect Obama.
President Elect
The possessive plural of "president-elect" is "presidents-elect."
Then the vice president-elect becomes president.
If the Electoral College fails to elect a president, the decision goes to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation gets one vote to choose the president from the top three candidates.
the month we elect the president is in January
The president elect for 2008 is Barack Obama
The President-elect is Barack H. Obama.
Apparently not a damned thing. See current resident for proof.
It is of coarse that the french people elect the french president