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...with talk of the Soccer Moms--well-off suburban swing voters who were said to hold the key to the election. Reality is never quite so simple. There was more than one undecided demographic group in the country then, and there's more than one now. Here are five distinct groups that will decide this election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Chasing The Undecided: The Swing Set | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...manager Ed Coon, 66. Coon, speaking in his kitchen, moments before his fate was decided, said he thought it was time to grow the area's job and tax base. Others agreed or trusted Perrier's promises not to proceed if environmental problems arise. But they were in a distinct minority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Nary a Drop for You | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...with talk of the Soccer Moms - well-off suburban swing voters who were said to hold the key to the election. Reality is never quite so simple. There was more than one undecided demographic group in the country then, and there's more than one now. Here are five distinct groups that will decide this election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swing Set | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Lazio not only met her debate-night challenge by collecting cease-and-desist pledges from various soft-money donors, but he never demanded reciprocation. And it wasn't just Lazio's impeccable timing that pulled the rug out from under Clinton: The agreement itself puts her at a distinct economic disadvantage - something Lazio may well have considered as he made the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hillary's Stumble Leaves War Chest Woes | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Gangsta rap, with its narrative tales and its cinematic funk-driven sound, offered a distinct alternative to the tricky bebop gymnastics of the freestyling East Coast. But hip-hop came close to destroying itself in the mid-'90s when that bicoastal rivalry almost turned into a shooting war, as Tupac Shakur - between surviving shootings and spells in prison - threatened the life of Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G. and both men, former friends, were by the end of 1997 dead in as-yet-unsolved drive-by shootings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Hip-Hop Nation' Is Exhibit A for America's Latest Cultural Revolution | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

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