TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — The countdown is on till President-elect Donald Trump takes workplace once more, this time because the forty seventh President of america.
Earlier than that transition can occur, the electoral school vote should happen. This 12 months, the method of the electoral school was held on the state capitol in Tallahassee, in addition to different statehouses throughout the nation.
Simply final month, after President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump again to the white home, the transition of energy gave the impression to be going easily. Political specialists say that wasn’t the case in 2020.
Amongst Florida’s 30 electors; Legal professional Normal Ashley Moody, Chief Monetary Officer Jimmy Patronis, Senate President Ben Albritton, and Home Speaker Daniel Perez took ink to paper, voting for President and Vice President on the Senate ground.
CFO Jimmy Patronis says, regardless of Republican or Democrat, our nation is prepared for a brand new day.
“This previous election was a blowout. So, the democrats, people who had been important of how the election turned out, they haven’t any platform to face on as a result of the voters overwhelmingly supported President Trump’s candidacy and finally are going to elect him and put him in workplace January twentieth,” stated Patronis.
Reflecting on the 2020 Presidential election, political specialists remind People that the transition of energy between Trump to Biden wasn’t as easy.
As we strategy the anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot, 2025 guarantees a unique story as each President Biden and Donald Trump have agreed the transition will likely be “clean.”
One other key challenge that political analysts are watching is the rising motion to abolish the Electoral School. Whereas President Trump received the favored vote, there is a nationwide push to rethink the system.
“A few of these historic elements that performed into why we now have the Electoral School simply aren’t related anymore. And since we’re seeing election after election, the place the favored vote is completely different than the electoral school, it might not finest serve democracy anymore,” stated St. Pete School Political Analyst, Tara Newsom.
Though the motion to finish the Electoral School is comparatively new, one factor is definite: “The candidate receiving Florida’s 30 electoral votes for President of america, Donald J. Trump,” stated Florida’s Secretary of State, Twine Byrd.
Trump and JD Vance will likely be sworn in on January 20, 2025.