Here’s how presidential transitions are supposed to work

The 2000 election isn’t a particularly great analogue to the Trump campaign’s legal challenges here in 2020, but it can help us better understand presidential transitions — because George W. Bush had the shortest one ever. We discussed the transfer of power on yesterday’s show, and a listener asked about it, so today we’re going to get into some presidential history. Plus: your questions about campaign finance, conservative social media and California’s new rules for gig workers, all on this super-sized Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday.

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:

• “Campaign spending could continue long after Election Day” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

• “2020 election to cost $14 billion, blowing away spending records” from Open Secrets, the Center for Responsive Politics website

• “A Twitter for conservatives? Parler surges amid election misinformation crackdown” from NBC News

• “Foreign election interference is finding plenty of places online to spread” from “Marketplace Tech”

• “Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps” from The New York Times

• “Why it’s ‘critical’ for presidential transition to move forward” from PBS NewsHour

• “What’s ascertainment? The green light to launch transition” from the Associated Press

• “What Uber, Lyft Prop 22 win could mean for the future of all freelance work” from NBC News