Country ID
Election-specific respondent ID
Year of election
Start of fieldwork
Duration of fieldwork
R's constituency ID
Mode of survey administration
For which party did you stand as a candidate?
In what year did you join this Party?
Where you ever a member of another Party?
If so: which Party? - 1st mention
If so: which Party? - 2nd mention
Stood as a candidate - 2011
Stood as a candidate - 2009
Stood as a candidate - 2005
Stood as a candidate - 2002
Stood as a candidate - 1999
Elected in - 2011
Elected in - 2009
Elected in the - 2005
Elected in the - 2002
Elected in the - 1999
Elected earlier than 1999
Ever employed in a State or Federal MPs or minister's office?
If yes: for how many years?
Were you ever employed by your party?
IF YES: for how many years?
How many years local party office?
How many years regional party office?
How many years national party office?
Years served as Mayor
Years served as member of a local government
Years served as member of a regional government
Years served as member of a national government
Years served as member of a local assembly
Years served as member of a regional assembly
Years served as member of the national parliament
Years served as member of the European parliament
The candidate live in his constituency
Different constituency: been a candidate?
Different constituency: held a local party office?
Different constituency: been a member of a local assembly?
Different constituency: been a mayor?
Different constituency candidate: for how many years?
Local party office in different constituency: for how many years?
Member of a local assembly in different constituency: for how many years?
Mayor in different constituency: for how many years?
# hours devoted to party activities in an average month?
How long before the election were you?
How long before the election did you begin to organize your campain?
How long before the election did you start campaigning full-time?
Was your recent nomination contested?
Who made the decision about your nomination?
At what level was the decision of your nomination made?
# hours devote to campaign during the last month before the election (per week)
Importance of campaign activities: door-knocking, canvassing
Importance of campaign activities: calling up voters on the phone
Importance of campaign activities: direct mailing
Importance of campaign activities: debating with competing candidates in public
Importance of campaign activities: providing information/communicating via internet
Importance of campaign activities: meeting local party members
Importance of campaign activities: meeting national party members
Importance of campaign activities: visiting national events in business, sports and culture
Importance of campaign activities: attending fund raising events
Importance of campaign activites: appointments with companies in constituency
Importance of campaign activites: appointments with associations/clubs in constituency
Importance of campaign activites: organizing/joining rallies in the constituency
Importance of campaign activites: local/regional newspaper interviews
Importance of campaign activites: national newspaper interviews
Importance of campaign activites: local/regional radio and TV interviews
Importance of campaign activites: national radio and TV interviews
Campaign means: personal campaign posters
Campaign means: personal ads in the local press
Campaign means: office hours
Campaign means: social gatherings
Campaign means: personal flyers
Campaign means: personal spots in radio, TV, and movie houses
Campaign means: personal website
How important: personal campaign posters
How important: personal ads in the local press
How important: office hours
How important: social gatherings
How important: personal flyers
How important: personal spots in radio, TV, and movie houses
How important: personal web site
"self-made": personal campaign posters
"self-made": personal ads in the local press
"self-made": office hours
"self-made": social gatherings
"self-made": personal flyers
"self-made": personal spots in radio, TV, and movie houses
"self-made": personal website
Primary aim of candidate's campaign [0-10 scale]
Did R raised contituency-specific issues?
IF YES, what were the most important ones? 1st MENTION
IF YES, what were the most important ones? 2nd MENTION
IF YES, what were the most important ones? 3rd MENTION
IF YES, what were the most important ones? 4th MENTION
IF YES, what were the most important ones? 5th MENTION
Used own webpage provided by the party
Used own webpage provided by my local campaign
Used email lists
Offered a personal campaign spot on the web
Conducted online chats with voters
Advertised my webpage and/or email address on campaign literature
Used a blog
emphasis: provide services and help people with practical problems in constituency
emphasis: advocating the policy demands of the voters in the constituency
emphasis: taking care of the economic well-being of the constituency
emphasis: openness to the voters in the constituency and communicating with them
emphasis: promoting local customs and traditions
Size of campaign team in constituency?
Own personal campaign team?
Size personal campaign
# members paid by party
Professional consultant in personal campaign
Professional consultant: what kind, what for?
Campaign budget
Contribution by the party?
Contribution from donations?
Contribution from own private funds?
Members of central party leadership visited in constituency
Initial evaluation of the chances to win the mandate?
Most important problem of Portugal
Second most important problem of Portugal
Third most important problem of Portugal
Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of Portugal
Politics should abstain from intervening in the economy
Stronger measures should be taken to protect the environment
Same-sex marriages should be prohibited by law
Women should be given preferential treatment when applying for jobs and promotions
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Providing a stable network of social security should be the prime goal of government
Income and wealth should be redistributed towards ordinary people
Our democracy needs serious reform
Immigrants are good for Portuguese economy
Women should be free to decide on matters of abortion
Portugal should provide military assistance to 'the war on terror'
Torturing a prisoner is never justified, even if it might prevent a terrorist attack
Globalization should be promoted
Left/right scale: own views?
Left/right scale: location of party?
membership of the EU good?
Opinion on European Unification
How satisfied with the way democracy works in the EU?
Should the EU be enlaged to include more countries?
IF YES: Which further countries should be admitted? 1st MENTION
IF YES: Which further countries should be admitted? 2nd MENTION
IF YES: Which further countries should be admitted? 3rd MENTION
IF YES: Which further countries should be admitted? 4th MENTION
On the whole are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in Portugal?
Thinking about how elections in Portugal work in practice, how well do you think they ensure that the views of MPs accurately reflect the views of voters?
Who should an MP represent in parliament: own voters in constituency
Who should an MP represent in parliament: own party voters in constituency
Who should an MP represent in parliament: all citizens in constituency
Who should an MP represent in parliament: the party electorate at large
Who should an MP represent in parliament: members of a social group
Who should an MP represent in parliament: the portuguese citizenry
An MP in conflict between constituency voters and party position should follow:
An MP in conflict between own opinion and constituency voters should follow:
An MP in conflict between own opinion and party position should follow:
Citizens have ample opportunity to participate in political decisions
Political parties are the essential link between citizens and the state
Special interests have too much influence on law making
A certain number of citizens should be able to initiate a referendum
Referendums enable citizens to get politicians attention
Referendums are poorly thought out and make bad law
Referendums help to stimulate political interest
Intra-party decision making is too much top-down
MPs should be able to vote in parliament independently of their partys position
The party leader is too powerful
Pollsters and political strategists have too much influence
Gender
Year of birth
Where were you born?
IF ABROAD: country
Subjective size of town
N of years R has been living there
Level of education_NEW
IF UNIVERSITY: What was your discipline?
Current employment status
IF SELF-EMPLOYED: Previous employment status
Previous occupation
Frequency of church attendance
Denomination
Marital status
Ethnic background
Meaning of left
Meaning of left: concern with labor affairs
Meaning of left: concern with social affairs
Meaning of left: equal rights
Meaning of left: larger state intervention in the society and in the economy
Meaning of left: people's government
Meaning of left: revolutionary/progressive politics
Meaning of left: democracy and liberty
Meaning of left: primacy of the public over the private
Meaning of left: opposition
Meaning of left: liberal values (in habits, life styles)
Meaning of left: Socialism
Meaning of left: Comunism
Meaning of left: ethic
Meaning of left: balance between economic, market regulation and social dimension
Meaning of left: defense of the sovereignty
Meaning of left: fiscal and tax policy
Meaning of left: Utopia
Meaning of left: Left and Right cleavage is meaningless
Meaning of left: Other
Meaning of left: Don't know
Meaning of left: allusions to PCP
Meaning of left: allusions to BE
Meaning of left: allusions to PS
Meaning of right
Meaning of right: valorization of the economic affairs
Meaning of right: defense of large economic groups' interests
Meaning of right: capitalism
Meaning of right: traditional values/conservatism
Meaning of right: Left and Right cleavage is meaningless
Meaning of right: valorization of the upper social classes
Meaning of right: democracy and liberty
Meaning of right: privatizations
Meaning of right: evolution and social mobility
Meaning of right: allusions to Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
Meaning of right: liberalism
Meaning of right: individual interests/free iniciative
Meaning of right: social injustice/social inequality
Meaning of right: less State intervention in the society and in the economy
Meaning of right: government oriented for the society
Meaning of right: watchdog and regulator State
Meaning of right: Power, authority and order
Meaning of right: others
Meaning of right: allusions to CDS-PP
Meaning of right: current form of rule Portugal
Meaning of right: justice, equality and solidarity
Meaning of right: security
Meaning of right: Corruption
Meaning of right: political participation and citizenship
Meaning of right: Nazism and Fascism
Meaning of right: war and military conflicts
Weight regarding N=257 (Candidates Surveys answers + Data collected from the MP Survey)
Weight regarding N=190 (only Candidates Surveys answers)
Weight regarding N=67 (only Data collected from the MP Survey)