TED’S COMMUNITY - DAVID WASHINGTON AVENUE JANUARY 6, 2021 It is Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021. In a few short hours, Congress and the Senate will begin the process of certifying the electoral votes of the 2020 election. There is a planned objection by Republican members to several swing states’ electoral votes. This is their constitutional right and the process will play itself out with the likelihood of a President Biden and Vice President Harris certified as the new administration. This 2020 election cycle saw the partisan divisions grow deeper. Americans are in agreement in their distrust of partisan politics and our political parties have failed its constituencies election after election. In their own distinct ways, The Republican and Democratic parties have become increasingly weak, whereas, the parties were designed to focus elections on policies rather than personalities. What went wrong? I recently completed reading an article, “ The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in