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In U.S. politics, the period between (presidential and congressional) elections in November and the inauguration of officials early in the following year is commonly called the "lame-duck period". A president is a lame duck after a successor has been elected, during which time the outgoing president and president-elect usually embark on a ...
21 Αυγ 2020 · Lame duck is an elected official who is in office but whose successor has already been elected. He or she can also become a lame duck when facing retirement or the end of a term limit. The lame duck period is one of transition.
Commonly known as the “Lame Duck Amendment,” the Twentieth Amendment was designed to remove the excessively long period of time a defeated president or member of Congress would continue to serve after his or her failed bid for reelection.
A lame-duck president is one that has lost a recent election, or is no longer eligible to serve. Find out how lame a lame-duck president is in this article.
10 Νοε 2020 · Lame duck presidents date back to the beginning of U.S. history, but we didn’t start calling them that until the 20th century.
4 Ιαν 2021 · Americans borrowed the term “lame duck” from the British, who first applied the insult to bankrupt businessmen in the 18th century and then to 19th-century politicians whose time in office was...
The term “lame duck” in politics refers to an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon, and who is in the final period of their tenure, often characterized by diminished power and influence.
