The Nineties

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The Nineties
Years	1993-September 2001
Voters	30
Stakeholder groups	26
Scenarios	7

The Nineties era covers 1993 to September 2001. It has a cast of thirty voters, its own stakeholder groups, and its own state-by-state data. It is one of three casts that change over according to the game's calendar, rather than staying fixed for the whole game. A game that reaches October 2001 moves to The 2000s cast. A game that reaches January 2013 moves to The Modern Era cast. The setup screen describes the period as the end of the Cold War, NAFTA, the dot-com boom, the rise of talk radio, and the growing influence of the religious right. In Career Mode, a career can begin as early as 1990, and its first three years are also played on this cast.

Contents

1 Presidents on offer
2 September 2001
3 How the period plays
4 Toggles
5 The cast
6 Stakeholders
7 Scenarios

Presidents on offer

Two presidencies in this era are historical. Bill Clinton's 1993 start is his first term, won with 43 per cent of the vote, with NAFTA, the HillaryCare healthcare plan, the Whitewater investigation and the Oklahoma City bombing still to come. Clinton's 1997 start is his second term, against a hostile Republican Congress, with the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment still to come.

There are also two alternative candidacies. George H. W. Bush beats Clinton and starts in 1993. Bob Dole beats Clinton and starts in 1997. Each plays out in the world of the Clinton term it replaces.

A further alternative has Ross Perot winning as an independent candidate and becoming President in January 1993, facing a Democratic Congress, in a version of Clinton's 1993 world.

George W. Bush's 2001 start and the Al Gore alternative to it both begin in January 2001 on this cast, and both cross over to the 2000s cast in October 2001.

Every scenario in this era is premium. When the Deployments and War toggles are on, Clinton's 1993 start inherits Operation Restore Hope and Operation Provide Comfort, and the 1997 start inherits the NATO Stabilization Force and the Iraq no-fly zones.

September 2001

The Nineties cast is used for any game that reaches up to and including September 2001. Because of this, the attacks of 11 September 2001 are experienced by the thirty voters of the Nineties cast, not by the voters of the 2000s cast. The 2000s cast takes over from October 2001 onward, and the post-9/11 mood described on The 2000s page begins that month, not before it.

How the period plays

The voters sit on the five-step scale from strong Democrat to strong Republican. Diplomacy uses the modern set of relationships: China, Russia, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Latin America. The European Union appears because the Maastricht Treaty formed it during this period, and Russia appears as the decade's main adversary following the end of the Soviet Union.

Elections are scored state by state in this era, rather than district by district, because reliable district-level results are not available for the decade.

A unit of campaign war chest is worth $5 million before 2005, and $10 million from 2005 onward. In Career Mode, income and costs from this era are scaled to feel comparable to a career played in the present day (see Money in Career Mode).

Campaign-season media appearances take place on Larry King Live, the Late Show with Letterman, Rush Limbaugh's radio show, NPR's All Things Considered, Crossfire on CNN, and The Phil Donahue Show. From October 2001 onward, these are replaced by the media venues used in the 2000s era.

Toggles

The Tweeter toggle does not exist before 2006, so it is not offered on the setup screen for a game set in the 1990s. Red Scare is not offered outside the Fifties. The Fourth Estate is not offered in any era, because it is still being built. Covert Operations runs its War on Terror theatre in this era. Dirty Tricks, Expanded Congress, Weekly Pacing, Presidential Debates, Difficulty and Whacko Mode are all available. When Presidential Debates is used, the debate rounds are judged by the 1990s cast.