How Lame Ducks Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 April 2008

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In U.S. politics, a lame duck is a president who will not be re-elected because he or she has been passed over for election, or already served the maximum two terms. Learn more about the origin of lame duck presidents in this HowStuffWorks podcast.

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0:44.2	I'm Josh Clark, a staff writer here at How Stuff Works.com.
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0:51.6	Chris today I want to talk about Lane Duck Presidents agreed?
0:55.3	Absolutely.
0:56.3	Okay.
0:57.3	Let me give a little background for some what a Lane Duck President is.
1:00.2	Lane Duck President is basically any president that has already either not been passed over
1:06.7	for election or has served both of their terms and basically they're just sitting around
1:12.3	in office waiting to finish out the rest of their tenure before the next president takes
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