The "soccer mom" reference worked for me entirely because it was a HUGE deal in the Clinton elections in 1992 AND 1996. So there was a lot of news focus on "the soccer mom" and in '96 AND '00 there continued to be media talk surrounding the elections about "wooing the soccer moms" who are/were perceived as being the swing vote that got Clinton elected (at least the first time).
In 1992, Brennan was in high school and schools here have a field day over the election cycle in a presidential election year with mock elections and current events articles and the like, and in 1996 she could vote (show says she was born in 1976), and she could vote in 2000...so...as a responsible voter, she likely would have encountered the term being used to describe "standard suburban, often stay-at-home, mom" since it was batted around SO much.
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In 1992, Brennan was in high school and schools here have a field day over the election cycle in a presidential election year with mock elections and current events articles and the like, and in 1996 she could vote (show says she was born in 1976), and she could vote in 2000...so...as a responsible voter, she likely would have encountered the term being used to describe "standard suburban, often stay-at-home, mom" since it was batted around SO much.