THE 2009/10 BRITISH ELECTION STUDY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TSEPOP INITIATIVE Harold Clarke David Sanders Marianne Stewart Paul Whiteley

THE 2009/10 BES: TOPICS RIVAL MODELS OF PARTY CHOICE RIVAL MODELS OF TURNOUT & POLITICAL PARTICIPATION CAMPAIGN DYNAMICS & ELECTION OUTCOMES ELECTIONS & DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP INTER-ELECTION DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTY SUPPORT COORDINATED RESEARCH WITH OTHER NES PROPOSALS FROM RESEARCHERS WELCOMED

STUDY DESIGN: IN-PERSON SURVEYS Pre-Campaign National Cross-Section Post-Election National Cross-Section Pre-Post Election National Panel Related Components: Post-Election Self-Completion (Mailback) Questionnaires (including CSES) One-Year-Out Internet Survey

CAMPAIGN INTERNET SURVEYS Pre-Campaign National Cross-Section (N = min 16,000 - possibly 32,000) Campaign Panel – Independent Daily Replicates (N = min 500/day – possibly 1000/day) Post-Election Panel (~80% panel retention) Yearly Inter-Election Panels Mode Comparisons Including CSES Internet Survey & Mode Comparison EXPERIMENTS – Leverage Internet Technology!

CONTINUOUS MONITORING SURVEYS Monthly National Internet Surveys (N ~1000) – 48 Months Yearly Panels – Huge Cumulative N’s Monthly Surveys - Core and TSEPOP TSEPOP Open to Researchers! Question Batteries Experiments VERY FAST Data Release

BES/TSEPOP Proposal Submission & Evaluation Submission by BES website Evaluation by P.I.’s & BES Advisory Board Evaluation Criteria: 1. Topical Relevance 2. Theoretical Motivation 3. Administrative Feasibility FAST RELEASE OF ALL DATA VIA BES WEBSITE! RELEASE STAMPED SPSS & STATA FILES