What happens if a president-elect dies between the election and his taking the oath of office?
The Vice President-elect becomes president. See the 20th Amendment to the Consititution, ratified in 1933.
What happens if a president-elect dies between the election and his taking the oath of office?
If a President-elect dies after the Electoral College has voted then the candidate voted to be Vice President (the Vice President-elect) becomes President. He/She may, on January 20th (though obviously this is only a guess), be sworn in as V.P (the office they were elected to) and then as President (the office the ascended to due to its being vacant). However, if a President elect dies between election night and the time the Electoral College votes, this succession is not as clear cut or sure, for the electors pledged to the dead President-elect become defacto unpledged electors.
Yes, but they will vote for the vice-president elect because 1) The vast majority would feel that it was their duty and 2) The electors are picked by the party winners. If the Democrats win a state the electors of that state will all be Democrats , if the Republicans win a state the electors will be Republicans. You would have to have a number of electors to cross party lines and not do what the vast majority would feel to be their duty to change an election.
Yes, but they will vote for the vice-president elect because 1) The vast majority would feel that it was their duty and 2) The electors are picked by the party winners. If the Democrats win a state the electors of that state will all be Democrats , if the Republicans win a state the electors will be Republicans. You would have to have a number of electors to cross party lines and not do what the vast majority would feel to be their duty to change an election.