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'''Citizen Change''' is a political service group, founded in 2004 by musician [[Sean Combs|P. Diddy]], and backed by [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Mariah Carey]] and [[50 Cent]].<ref>{{cite web |title=All aboard P. Diddy's political party plane |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/all-aboard-p-diddy-s-political-party-plane-wbna6346580 |website=Today |date=27 October 2004 |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref> The stated aim was to get [[young people]] and [[minorities]] to [[vote]].<ref name="People">{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Stephen P. |title=P. Diddy to Kids, Minorities: Vote or Die |url=https://people.com/celebrity/p-diddy-to-kids-minorities-vote-or-die/ |website=People |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The campaign's message, promoted on [[t-shirt]]s and other things, is "'''Vote or Die!'''", a phrase adapted from [[Join, or Die]], a well-known cartoon by [[Benjamin Franklin]]. 

===[[2004 Presidential Election (United States)|2004 presidential election]]===
[[P. diddy|P. Diddy]] said at the time that its mission was to make voting "hot" and "sexy."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quart |first1=Alissa |title=They're Not Buying It |work=The New York Times |date=6 November 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/opinion/theyre-not-buying-it.html |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Jose Antonio |title=Vote or Die? Well, They Did Vote |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35290-2004Nov8.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref> The 2004 campaign included a line of "Vote or Die" t-shirts, an album, a voter registration push in cities and campuses nationwide, and commercials on such outlets as [[MTV]] and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]].<ref name="People"/>

===[[2008 Presidential election in the US|2008 presidential election]]===
P. Diddy invoked the phrase, "Obama or Die", at the [[BET Awards 2008]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elsworth |first1=Catherine |title=P Diddy leads rapper 'shout out' for Barack Obama |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/2200788/P-Diddy-leads-rapper-shout-out-for-Barack-Obama.html |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}</ref>

==In pop culture==

* In a ''[[South Park]]'' episode entitled "[[Douche and Turd]]", [[P. diddy|P. Diddy]] and his associates chase [[Stan Marsh]] around with weapons and literally threaten to kill him if Stan does not vote. 
* In 2012, the "Vote or Die!" t-shirt concept was resurrected for the [[Democratic National Convention]] in the form of parody "Vote Obama" t-shirts.

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[[Category:Voter turnout organizations]]
[[Category:2004 United States presidential election in popular culture]]
[[Category:Youth politics]]
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