A peaceful transfer of power

This week the US Congress certified that Donald Trump won the Presidential election. He is now officially the President-Elect.

It is worth noting what has not happened since election day.

• The losing candidate conceded defeat
• There were no outlandish claims of hacked voting machines at the behest of Nicaragua
• There were no claims of massive voter fraud
• There were no phone calls to election officials asking them to change the results
• There were no fake slates of alternate electors
• There was no secret meetings of fake electors on the day set for the Electoral College to meet
• There was no pressure campaign for the Vice-President to unilaterally reject the election results
• There were no objections in Congress to the electoral votes

This of course is how it should be. A peaceful transfer of power is a vital part of democracy. However if the result had gone the other way, sadly we would have had more of the usual nonsensical claims of widespread electoral fraud – which only occurs it seems when they lose, not win.

Trump clearly won (as did Biden in 2020) and in two weeks his second term will start.