Gen Election 2017 - Constituency Campaigning at the 2017 General Election

选区层面的竞选活动已经成为英国所有主要政党选举策略的关键，并且出现了重要的学术文献（Denver & Hands，1992，1993，1996，1997 a，1997 b，1998; Denver等人，2002 a，2002 b，2003; Fisher et al，2005，2006a，2006b，2006c，2009，2011a，2011b，2014a，2014b; 2016; 2017; Fieldhouse & Cutts，2009）。这项工作揭示了竞选活动如何随着时间的推移而发生变化;政党如何应对社会，选民和党内更广泛的变化;政党能够有效利用其资源进行选举的程度;选民如何回应来自政党的线索，以及选民可以动员的程度。对选区竞选活动的分析是选举研究界、外部利益攸关方和ESRC研究选举的一个组成部分（威廉姆斯，2007年）。自1992年以来，在每次大选中，ESRC都资助了这项独特的研究，这是世界上同类研究中最全面的研究（2005年除外，选举委员会的资助水平要低得多）。因此，有一个独特的和有价值的时间序列，进一步我们的影响，作用和性质的运动在现代政治竞技场的理解。拟议的研究将继续这项宝贵的工作，并提供重大的附加值。

Constituency level campaigning has become crucial to the electoral strategies of all the major parties in Britain, and a significant academic literature has emerged (Denver & Hands, 1992,1993,1996,1997a,1997b,1998; Denver et al, 2002a, 2002b, 2003; Fisher et al, 2005, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2009, 2011a, 2011b, 2014a, 2014b; 2016; 2017; Fieldhouse & Cutts, 2009). This work has revealed how campaigns have changed over time; how parties have responded to wider changes in society, the electorate, and within their own parties; the degree to which parties are able to harness their resources effectively to fight elections; how voters respond to cues from the parties, and the extent to which voters can be mobilized. The analysis of the constituency campaign is an integral part of studying elections by the electoral studies community, external stakeholders and the ESRC (Williams, 2007). The ESRC has funded this unique study, which the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, at each general election since 1992 (with the exception of 2005, which was funded at a much lower level by the Electoral Commission). There is therefore a unique and valuable time series which furthers our understanding of the impact, role, and nature of campaigns in the modern political arena. The proposed study will continue this valuable work as well as delivering significant added value.