Hmm..doesn't anyone read you? How soon you forget 2000 when the election didn't get settled until December. Furthermore, look up the Election of 1876, the Great-Grandpappy of all disputes--that one was finally settled only at 11am March 2, 1877 with only forty-nine hours to go before Grant's term was to end--and Grant had announced he was leaving the White House at noon March 4th even if no President had been chosen by then. For you foreigners our real presidential election will be on December 14 when the electors vote. Those then get counted by Congress on January 6--the the fun begins.