Whatever the results of the presidential election, one thing’s for sure: it won't be over and done with for many, many years. 

Systemic failures of elections and national policies prior to Election 2020 are compounded by new ones that are now deep within the fabric of American life and law and are far-reaching. Fixes are neither easy nor politically doable. Rabid bipartisanship has killed consensus building.

So, as in many other areas of our lives, the people must take on a larger share of the responsibility for confronting and solving problems that plague them and their communities