Kammala wannan jumla: Tsarin sauyawa yana farawa yayin da manyan masu neman shugabancin ke kafa ƙungiyar sauyawa don fara yin shirye-shiryen farko don gina gwamnati da ɗaukar shugabancin idan aka zaɓe su. Wannan na iya faruwa a kowane lokaci na zaɓaɓɓen ɗan takarar. A shekara ta 2008,
yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat Barack Obama ya fara shirin ba da izini ba don yiwuwar sauyin shugaban kasa watanni da dama kafin ranar zabe. Tawagar sauye-sauyen Obama, wacce ake kira "Obama-Biden Transition Project", ta binciki kokarin sauye-sauyen da aka yi a baya, da yadda hukumomin gwamnatin tarayya ke aiki, da kuma wadanne mukamai da suka fi dacewa da gwamnatin da ke shigowa da farko. A watan Afrilun 2012, kafin Mitt Romney ya zama dan takarar Jam'iyyar Republican, yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Romney ya fara shirin yiwuwar sauyawa. Tawagar rikon kwarya ta Romney ta yi shirye-shirye masu yawa don canja wurin iko, wanda ake kira "Romney Readiness Project", wanda kuma ya haɗa da ajandar dokoki don kwanakin farko na 200 na gwamnatin Romney.