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What happens if the lame duck president dies?
In this case, the lame duck vice-president would become president.
What is the president called during the period between the election and the new president's taking office?
The incumbent is still the president, and the new one is the president elect.
What is the sitting duck president?
It isn't "sitting duck" but lame duck. A lame duck is a person in office whose term of office is nearly finished.
What is it called when a president stays in office after the election of a new president?
lame duck
What do you call the sitting president after the election and he was not elected?
lame duck
What is a president whose successor has been elected?
It is called "lame duck"
What do you call a president who is serving until his successor is inaugurated?
He is a lame duck.
What does it mean to become a lame duck president?
The period between election day (November 4th) and the inauguration of the next president (January 21st). The sitting-president is considered a "lame duck" since the president-elect will be strolling into the oval office within a couple of months.
What is a president whos successor has been elected called?
It is called a "Lame Duck."
What do you call an elected official about to leave office?
A president about to leave office is referred to as a "Lame Duck" president.
What name is given to a president in second term who cannot seek reelection?
The usual term is a "lame duck" president, although this can also be applied to a two term president who's party is voted out of office for the next election - i.e. George H.W. Bush was a "lame duck" president because he only served one term, and George W. Bush was a "lame duck " president because his party lost the next presidential election.
What was the nickname for the twentieth amendment?
Answerlame duck
