Please take a listen to my latest podcast, Suburbs will Decide, Biden or Trump. How the vote takes shape in November of ’23 and ‘24 are elections of critical importance. Will suburban America decide the who becomes the next president and determine which party controls congress? Who is the suburban voter today and what drives them to the polls?
My next guest is Lawrence Levy, the Executive Dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University in New York. Prior to his academic life, Levy spent 35 years as a reporter, editorial writer and columnist for Newsday, a major New York newspaper. He was a finalist for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in journalism and has won numerous top awards for coverage on suburban politics, education, taxation, and housing.
Political experts are calling the November 2024 election the most important of our lifetime. It could be a rematch between President Joseph Biden and former President Donald Trump, who has been indicted four times, is confronting 91 criminal charges and has been impeached twice.
Beyond the presidency, Congress is polarized. The Senate has 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 3 independents who typically vote with the democrats. The House of Representatives has 222 Republicans, 213 Democrats, and one vacant seat. Razor thin margins in both houses of Congress.
No one has a crystal ball but how influential will the suburban vote be in 2024 based on the economics and politics we are experiencing today? The future of America, the future of the American dream, the future of the world order is at stake.
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