I've been in the US for the last 6 months and the political climate aint too hot, the election isn't until November, and the president elect doesn't actually become the president until a week or so later.
Just to set things straigth, the US presidential elections are between 2 and 8 november , on a tuesday aka election day.
Contrary to many other countries, the new US president (or re-elected President) is only inaugurated in the beginning of the following year on january the 20th, an almost 3 month difference.