(1)参加竞选；竞选活动
指为获取多数选票，由候选人和他的支持者所进行的一系列活动。

(2)发起运动
指为推进一项事业或获得一明确的结果，由某一群体所进行的有组织的努力活动。

• awm
• awnhinde
• A.W.W.
• axiom
• Axones
• ay
• XYZ affair
• ya et nay
• yardland
• yardmen
• yard restriction
• yea and nay
• year
• year and a day rule
• Year Books
• year, day and waste
• year-end bonus
• year of our Lord
• yeas and nays
• yellow-dog contract
• Yelverton's Act
• yeoman
• yeoman of the guard
• yeomanry
• Yeoman Usher (of the Black Rod)