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What this article should be used for in the coming two months or so.

Usually, the post-election election stuff, that is between Electoral college voting and counting ceremonies, are pro forma. They have to be done, but they are foregone conclusions with a few tiny hiccups here and there. You have the ceremonial stuff most people find boring, which is covered by CSPAN and no one else, and that's about it. Inaugurations are different in that they are major celebratory events that if one cannot be there in person (lots of fun indeed), one can watch on Television without boredom. Who doesn't love a parade, right? (okay, some don't). But this time is different.

Trump has preemptively declared the election fraudulent in advance and has already filed a bunch of lawsuits. The arcane permutations that go largely unnoticed by all but us political junkies have moved from 99.8% irrelevant to 45% irrelevant. Not only that, but there's also the 20th Amendment, which cuts the transition substantially.

While, yes, it is indeed too early to have the articles 2020-21 Presidential Election Crisis or 2021 Presidential Contingency Election, that doesn't mean interest in the subject doesn't exist NOW and won't increase in the days ahead. That is NOT WP: CRYSTAL! Which brings me to this article:

The 20th Amendment states that there has to be an inauguration on January 20. The events that immediately lead up to the event are relevant to it. A contested electoral count and a contingent election are only two weeks prior to an inauguration that cannot be postponed.

What might happen is notable as hell and people are going to look up about what technically might. So this article, between now and November 4 should be that place where people go to find out. Arglebargle79 (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

We're being overly presumptuous that it's going to be Trump/Pence or Biden/Harris, as the Libertarians & Greens (and many other parties) are also running candidates. But ok, it most likely will be either of them & besides, it fits with the 'record' breaking event :) GoodDay (talk) 15:29, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

I have to agree the article is too crystal bally. It may be most likely that those 2 pairs will take office, but the chance of it being someone else is not so impossible that it should be ignored. I mean heck, the article already mentions they will be the oldest so one way it may not be is obvious. Nil Einne (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

There is so much unsourced speculation I don't even feel a need to make a detailed argument as to why this is not appropriate content. Read WP:CRYSTAL -- It is not appropriate for editors to insert their own opinions or analyses.. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

There is WP:DUE coverage of this at 2020 United States presidential election#Potential rejection of election results. Making stuff up about how you think the inauguration will go is not appropriate. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)