Jan. 6 is set to be different this year — in a big way and more subtle ways too

The biggest difference between Jan. 6, 2025, and Jan. 6, 2021, will be obvious.

Instead of falsely claiming he won the election in a speech 2 miles from the U.S. Capitol, stoking a mob of his supporters to violently disrupt the counting of electoral votes, Donald Trump will be certified the winner by Congress.

That change has radically impacted all aspects of the post-election period. Election officials say their offices aren't getting the same nasty phone calls. Surveys find that the majority of Americans trust the results. But there may be no greater contrast this cycle than during the proceedings on Monday.

"January 6th is the date, if there is one date, at which we witness the peaceful transfer of power in the United States," said Rick Pildes, an election law expert at New York University. "In many ways it is the most important moment of democracy. … And of course, this January 6, in the background, will be the resonances of what happened in [the wake of the] 2020 [election]."

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