Yes We Can

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English-language phrase campaign slogan political slogan

"Yes We Can" is a famous political slogan popularized by Barack Obama that encapsulated his 2008 presidential campaign’s message of hope, change, and collective empowerment.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Yes We Can canonical 6
Yes We Can (Barack Obama campaign slogan) 3
"Yes We Can" 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language phrase ⓘ
campaign slogan ⓘ
political slogan ⓘ
associatedWith Barack Obama ⓘ
Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasAudience American voters ⓘ
international observers of U.S. politics ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact symbol of Obama era politics ⓘ
widely quoted political catchphrase ⓘ
hasInterpretation affirmation of possibility despite challenges ⓘ
message that collective action can achieve change ⓘ
hasMottoRole campaign rallying cry ⓘ
hasOppositionResponse No You Can’t (parody slogan) ⓘ
Yes We Did (post-election phrase) ⓘ
hasTheme change ⓘ
collective empowerment ⓘ
grassroots activism ⓘ
hope ⓘ
political optimism ⓘ
inspired Yes We Can (will.i.am song) ⓘ
Yes We Can music video featuring celebrities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
linkedToIssue bipartisan cooperation ⓘ
economic recovery ⓘ
ending the Iraq War ⓘ
health care reform in the United States ⓘ
mediaCoverage U.S. broadcast television networks ⓘ
surface form: U.S. television networks

international news outlets ⓘ
notableUseEvent 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory

Barack Obama primary campaign speeches 2008 ⓘ
politicalAlignment progressive politics in the United States ⓘ
politicalContext United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election campaigns
popularizedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
relatedConcept Obama message of hope and change ⓘ
Yes We Can self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yes We Can (Obama speech)
sloganFor Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
surface form: Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008
timeOfPeakPopularity 2008 ⓘ
timePeriod 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
usedAs chant at political rallies ⓘ
headline in political commentary ⓘ
usedInCampaignOf Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ
usedInMedium campaign merchandise ⓘ
campaign posters ⓘ
political speeches ⓘ
social media posts ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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2008 United States presidential election → campaignSloganOfBarackObama → Yes We Can ⓘ
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign → notableSpeech → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can speech
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → usesSlogan → Yes We Can ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → hasTitle → Yes We Can ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) → hasChorusPhrase → Yes We Can ⓘ
subject surface form: Yes We Can
Yes We Can → relatedConcept → Yes We Can self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Obama speech)
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 → campaignSloganUsed → Yes We Can ⓘ
Forward → predecessorSlogan → Yes We Can ⓘ
Forward → successorTo → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (2008 Obama slogan)
Yes We Can (will.i.am song) → hasMotto → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Yes We Can"
No You Can’t (parody slogan) → parodies → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Barack Obama campaign slogan)
No You Can’t (parody slogan) → opposes → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Barack Obama campaign slogan)
No You Can’t (parody slogan) → mocks → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Barack Obama campaign slogan)
Change We Can Believe In → precededBy → Yes We Can ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yes We Can (as a chant and secondary slogan)