John Adams demonstrated what a transfer of power ought to look like in America when he handed over the presidency to his successor, Thomas Jefferson.
The 1800 presidential race between Adams and Jefferson was an intense battle between two friends-turned-adversaries. But despite a contentious press and a heated political climate, neither the Federalists nor the Democratic-Republicans saw the election as the last of its kind.
Democrats today, however, seem to have a much bleaker view on the future of democracy in America. Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, prominent voices in the Democratic Party asserted that the 2024 election would be the final one the U.S. would see if Republican nominee Donald Trump won.
It is strange, then, that in the election’s aftermath, Democrats keep stressing the importance of a “peaceful transfer of power” come Jan….
