Number of the questionnaire
A1. Present party affiliation
A1a. Party in which was candidate
A1.1. Other present party affiliation - specify
A2. Affiliation year
A3. Had a previous party affiliation
A3.1. Previous party affiliation
A3.1.1. Other previous party affiliation - specify
A4.1. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1975
A4.2. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1976
A4.3. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1979
A4.4. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1980
A4.5. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1983
A4.6. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1985
A4.7. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1987
A4.8. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1991
A4.9. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1995
A4.10. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1999
A4.11. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 2002
A4.12. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 2005
A4.13. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 2009
A5. Before becoming a candidate - was employed in a State or Federal MPs or minister's office
A5.1 If employed in a State or Federal MPs or minister's office - number of years
A6. The candidate worked as a payed employee for the party
A6.1. If worked as a payed employee - number of years
A7.1. Member of organizations or associations: union
A7.1.1. Frequency of attending meetings: union
A7.2. Member of organizations or associations: professional associations
A7.1.2. Frequency of attending meetings: professional association
A7.3. Member of organizations or associations: interest group
A7.1.3. Frequency of attending meetings: interest group
A7.4. Member of organizations or associations: sports club
A7.1.4. Frequency of attending meetings: sports club
A7.5. Member of organizations or associations: cultural organization
A7.1.5. Frequency of attending meetings: cultural organization
A7.6. Member of organizations or associations: religious organization
A7.1.6. Frequency of attending meetings: religious organization
A7.7. Member of organizations or associations: social organization
A7.1.7. Frequency of attending meetings: social organization
A7.8. Member of organizations or associations: hobbies group
A7.1.8. Frequency of attending meetings: hobbies group
CS_A7.9. Member of organizations or associations: employers' association
CS_A7.1.9. Frequency of attending meetings: employers' association
A7.10. Member of organizations or associations: other
A7.1.10. Frequency of attending meetings: other
A8.1. Years the candidate had a: local party office
CS_A8.2. Years the candidate had a: district party office
A8.3. Years the candidate had a: regional party office
A8.4. Years the candidate had a: national party office
A9.1. Years the candidate was: Mayor
A9.2. Years the candidate was: member of a local government
A9.3. Years the candidate was: member of a regional government
A9.4. Years the candidate was: member of a national government
A9.5. Years the candidate was: member of a local assembly
A9.6. Years the candidate was: member of a regional assembly
A9.7. Years the candidate was: member of the national parliament
A9.8. Years the candidate was: member of the European parliament
A10. The candidate live in his constituency
A10.1. Number of years living in the constituency
A11.1. Active in a different constituency: was candidate
A11.1.1. Was candidate: from
A11.1.2. Was candidate: to
A11.2. Active in a different constituency: held a local party office
A11.2.1. Held a local party office: from
A11.2.2. Held a local party office: to
A11.3. Active in a different constituency: was member of a local assembly
A11.3.1. Was member of a local assembly: from
A11.3.2. Was member of a local assembly: to
A11.4. Active in a different constituency: was mayor
A11.4.1. Was mayor: from
A11.4.2. Was mayor: to
A12. Time devoted to party activities before the election campaign (hours/month)
B1.1. How long before the election candidate was: nominated by his/her party
B1.2. How long before the election candidate was: organizing his/her campaign
B1.3. How long before the election candidate was: campaigning full-time
B2. Candidate recent nomination contested
B3.1. Who made the decision about the candidate nomination
B3.2. Level of the decision about the candidate nomination
B4. Time devote to campaign during the last month before the election (per week)
B5a.1. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: door-knocking, canvassing
B5a.2. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: calling up voters on the phone
B5a.3. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: direct mailing
B5a.4. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: debating with competing candidates in public
B5a.5. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: providing information/communicating via internet
B5a.6. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: meeting local party members
B5a.7. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: meeting national party members
B5a.8. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: visiting national events
B5a.9. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: visiting local events
B5a.10. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: attending fund raising events
B5b.1. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: appointments with companies in constituency
B5b.2. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: appointments with associations/clubs in constituency
B5b.3. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: organizing/joining rallies in the constituency
B5b.4. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: local/regional newspaper interviews
B5b.5. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: national newspaper interviews
B5b.6. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: local/regional radio and TV interviews
B5b.7. In final month of campaign, hours/week devoted to: national radio and TV interviews
B6.1. Means used during the campaign: personal campaign posters
B6.1.1. Importance during the campaign: personal campaign posters
B6.2. Means used during the campaign: personal ads in the local press
B6.1.2. Importance during the campaign: personal ads in the local press
B6.3. Means used during the campaign: office hours
B6.1.3. Importance during the campaign: office hours
B6.4. Means used during the campaign: social gatherings
B6.1.4. Importance during the campaign: social gatherings
B6.5. Means used during the campaign: personal flyers
B6.1.5. Importance during the campaign: personal flyers
B6.6. Means used during the campaign: personal spots in radio, TV and movie houses
B6.1.6. Importance during the campaign: personal spots in radio, TV and movie houses
B6.7. Means used during the campaign: personal website
B6.1.7. Importance during the campaign: personal website
B6a. Candidate personal campaign produced any of the above means
B6a.1. If yes, means produced by the candidate's personal campaign 1
B6a.2. If yes, means produced by the candidate's personal campaign 2
B7. Primary aim of candidate's campaign
B8. Specific issues to the constituency raised by the candidate and not raised by the national/regional party
B8.1. Important issues raised by the candidate: health issues
B8.2. Important issues raised by the candidate: infrastructures and accessibility issues
B8.3. Important issues raised by the candidate: territorial planning issues
B8.4. Important issues raised by the candidate: economic issues/economic problems
B8.5. Important issues raised by the candidate: employment/unemployment issues
B8.6. Important issues raised by the candidate: environmental issues
B8.7. Important issues raised by the candidate: issues about specific economic activities of the constituency
B8.8. Important issues raised by the candidate: others
B9.1. Candidate use of internet: own webpage designed and maintained by the party
B9.2. Candidate use of internet: own webpage designed and maintained by local campaign
B9.3. Candidate use of internet: use e-mail lists to distribute information and organize activities
B9.4. Candidate use of internet: personal campaign spot on the web
B9.5. Candidate use of internet: conducted a number of online chats with voters
B9.6. Candidate use of internet: advertised his/her webpage/e-mail address on campaign literature
B9.7. Candidate use of internet: used a blog during the campaign
B10.1. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: provide services and help people with practical problems in constituency
B10.2. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: advocating the policy demands of the voters in the constituency
B10.3. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: taking care of the economic well-being of the constituency
B10.4. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: openness to the voters in the constituency and communicating with them
B10.5. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: promoting local customs and traditions
B11a. Number of people in the campaign team in candidate's constituency
B11b. Candidate had a personal campaign team
B11b.1. Number of people in the candidate's personal campaign
B11c. Number of people in the candidate's personal campaign provided by the party
B12. Professional consultant in the candidate's personal campaign
B12.1. If yes, objectives for the use of a consultant
B13. Campaign budget estimate
B14.1. Portion of the campaign budget from: party funds
B14.2. Portion of the campaign budget from: donations
B14.3. Portion of the campaign budget from: private funds
B15. Members of central party visiting the candidate's constituency
B16. Evaluation of chances to win the mandate
C1.1. The most important problem of Portugal
C1.2. The second most important problem of Portugal
C1.3. The third most important problem of Portugal
C2.1. Opinion: Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of Portugal
C2.2. Opinion: Politics should abstain from intervening in the economy
C2.3. Opinion: Stronger measures should be taken to protect the environment
C2.4. Opinion: Same-sex marriages should be prohibited by law
C2.5. Opinion: Women should be given preferential treatment when applying for jobs and promotions
C2.6. Opinion: People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
C2.7. Opinion: Providing a stable network of social security should be the prime goal of government
C2.8. Opinion: Income and wealth should be redistributed towards ordinary people
C2.9. Opinion: Our democracy needs serious reform
C2.10. Opinion: Immigrants are good for Portuguese economy
C2.11. Opinion: Women should be free to decide on matters of abortion
C2.12. Opinion: Portugal should provide military assistance to 'the war on terror'
C2.13. Opinion: Torturing a prisoner is never justified, even if it might prevent a terrorist attack
C2.14. Opinion: Globalization should be promoted
CS.C2.15. Opinion: Education should mainly be provided by the State
CS.C2.16. Opinion: Health care should be mainly provided by the State
CS.C2.17. Opinion: The present levels of social protection must be kept the same even if means an increase in taxes
CS.C2.18. Opinion: Bigger efforts would have to be made to reduce income inequalities
CS.C2.19. Opinion: Economic growth is more important than balancing the state budget
C3. Left/right scale: candidate position
C3a. Left/right scale: candidate's political party
C4. Opinion about the Portuguese membership of the European Union
C5. Opinion about the unification of the European Union
C6. Satisfaction with the democracy in the European Union
C7. Opinion about the enlargement of the European Union
C7a.1. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: Turkey
C7a.2. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: country or countries from eastern Europe
C7a.3. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: all other European countries (not in the EU)
C7a.4. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: county or countries from the Balkans
C7a.5. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: country or countries from ex-USSR
C7a.6. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: all countries that declare interest, if they fulfill the previously defined conditions
C7a.7. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: country or countries from northern and central Europe
C7a.8. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: Russia
C7a.9. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: others
CS_GCS.D1. Preference for a single-party government or a coalition government
CS_GCS.D2. Opinion about the minority government
CS_GCS.D3. Political goal preferred for the electoral system
CS_GCS.D4.1. Opinion: Portuguese electoral system is fairer than the plurality systems used in Britain and US
CS_GCS.D4.2. Opinion: Portuguese electoral system gives too much power to small parties
CS_GCS.D4.3. Opinion: Parties should say before elections what parties they would prefer to make a coalition government
CS_GCS.D4.4. Opinion: Parties should put forward similar numbers of male and female candidates
CS_GCS.D4.5. Opinion: MPs resigning from their party should also resign from Parliament
CS_GCS.D4.6. Opinion: The number of terms that MPs can serve in Parliament should be limited by law
CS_JP.D4.7. Opinion: There should be created mechanisms to enhance the presence of women in politics
CS_JP.D4.8. Opinion: New mechanisms should be created so that citizens can participate in political decisions
CS_JP.D4.9. Opinion: The electoral system should be modified so that citizens can vote more in candidates and less in parties
CS_JP.D4.10. Opinion: Consult more population through referendums
CS_CS.D4.11. Opinion: Men can represent the interests of women in politics sufficiently well
CS_GCS.D5. Preferred system for the election of candidates to Parliament in Portugal
E1. Satisfaction with the democracy in Portugal
E2. The elections ensure that the views of MPs reflect the views of voters
E3.1. MPs should primarily represent: own voters in the constituency
E3.2. MPs should primarily represent: own party voters in the constituency
E3.3. MPs should primarily represent: all citizens in the constituency
E3.4. MPs should primarily represent: the party electorate at large
E3.5. MPs should primarily represent: members of a social group
E3.6. MPs should primarily represent: the Portuguese citizenry
E4.1. How to vote if: the voters of the MPs constituency have a different opinion from the party
E4.2. How to vote if: the MPs opinion does not correspond to the opinion of the voters of his/her constituency
E4.3. How to vote if: the MPs opinion does not correspond to the position of the party
E5.1. Democracy in Portugal: citizens have ample opportunity to participate in political decisions
E5.2. Democracy in Portugal: democracy is about to loose the trust of the citizens
E5.3. Democracy in Portugal: legislation reflects the interests of the majority of citizens
E5.4. Democracy in Portugal: political parties are the essential link between citizens and the state
E5.5. Democracy in Portugal: special interests have too much influence on law making
E5.6. Democracy in Portugal: the process of law making is too complicated
E5.7. Democracy in Portugal: parliament, not voters, should make final decisions on law and policy
E5.8. Democracy in Portugal: a certain number of citizens should be able to initiate a referendum
E6.1. Opinion: referendums enable citizens to get politicians attention
E6.2. Opinion: referendums are poorly thought out and make bad law
E6.3. Opinion: referendums help to stimulate political interest
E7.1. Opinion: decision- making in my party is too top-down; the grassroots cannot make its voice heard
E7.2. Opinion: individual MPs should be able to vote independent of their party's policy positions
E7.3. Opinion: the party leader is too powerful
E7.4. Opinion: pollsters and political strategists have too much influence over my party's decision making
F1. Gender
F2. Year of birth
F3. Country
F4. Dimension of the place of residence
F4a. City
F4b. Number of years living in the current local community
F6. Level of education
F6a. Major discipline
F7. Employment status
F7a. If self-employed, previous employment status
CS_F7b. As self-employed the candidate had employees
CS_F7c. Number of employees
F8. Occupation
CS_F8a. In this occupation candidate is/was:
F9. Frequency of attending to religious services
F10. Religious belief
F11. Current marital status
F12.1. Children at care: under five years old
F12.2. Children at care: five to fifteen years old
F12a. Having old or handicapped dependents needing care
F13. Ethnic background
F14. Constituency
F15.1.1. Definition of right: valorization of the economic affairs
F15.1.2. Definition of right: defense of large economic groups' interests
F15.1.3. Definition of right: capitalism
F15.1.4. Definition of right: traditional values/conservatism
F15.1.5. Definition of right: no difference between left and right
F15.1.6. Definition of right: valorization of the upper social classes
F15.1.7. Definition of right: employers' defense
F15.1.8. Definition of right: fascism
F15.1.9. Definition of right: democracy and liberty
F15.1.10. Definition of right: privatizations
F15.1.11. Definition of right: dictatorial government
F15.1.12. Definition of right: Salazar
F15.1.13. Definition of right: evolution and social mobility
F15.1.14. Definition of right: allusions to Partido Socialista (PS)
F15.1.15. Definition of right: allusions to Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
F15.1.16. Definition of right: allusions to Partido Centro Democrático e Social - Popular Party (CDS-PP)
F15.1.17. Definition of right: liberalism
F15.1.18. Definition of right: government oriented for the society/people interests
F15.1.19. Definition of right: social injustice/social inequality
F15.1.20. Definition of right: others
F15.1.21. Definition of right: don't know
F15.2.1. Definition of left: revolutionary/progressive politics
F15.2.2. Definition of left: no difference between left and right
F15.2.3. Definition of left: concern with social affairs
F15.2.4. Definition of left: concern with labor affairs
F15.2.5. Definition of left: equal rights
F15.2.6. Definition of left: communism
F15.2.7. Definition of left: socialism
F15.2.8. Definition of left: peoples' government
F15.2.9. Definition of left: liberal values (in habits, life styles)
F15.2.10. Definition of left: totalitarian regime
F15.2.11. Definition of left: democracy and liberty
F15.2.12. Definition of left: allusions to Partido Socialista (PS)
F15.2.13. Definition of left: allusions to Partido Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
F15.2.14. Definition of left: allusions to Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
F15.2.15. Definition of left: allusions to Partido Centro Democrático e Social - Popular Party (CDS-PP)
F15.2.16. Definition of left: allusions to Coligação Democrática Unitária CDU (PCP and The Greens)
F15.2.17. Definition of left: opposition
F15.2.18. Definition of left: primacy of the public over the private
F15.2.19. Definition of left: larger state intervention in the society and in the economy
F15.2.20. Definition of left: others
F15.2.21. Definition of left: don't know