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Interviewer
Self or Interviewer-administered questionnaires
What party did you stand for in this 2015 election?
Other party, please specify: :
In what year did you become a member of this party?
Did you stand for other parties in previous elections?
BE
CDS-PP
PAN
PEV
PCP
PSD
PS
Another Party.
Other, please specify:
Stood as a candidate - 1975
Stood as a candidate - 1976
Stood as a candidate - 1979
Stood as a candidate - 1980
Stood as a candidate - 1983
Stood as a candidate - 1985
Stood as a candidate - 1987
Stood as a candidate - 1991
Stood as a candidate - 1995
Stood as a candidate - 1999
Stood as a candidate - 2002
Stood as a candidate - 2005
Stood as a candidate - 2009
Stood as a candidate - 2011
Stood as a candidate - 2015
Elected in - 1975
Elected in - 1976
Elected in - 1979
Elected in - 1980
Elected in - 1983
Elected in - 1985
Elected in - 1987
Elected in - 1991
Elected in - 1995
Elected in - 1999
Elected in - 2002
Elected in - 2005
Elected in - 2009
Elected in - 2011
Elected in - 2015
Member of: Trade Union
Member of: An employer’s Association
Member of: Business Association
Member of: Religious Association
Member of: Environmental Association
Member of: Human and Civil Rights Association
Member of: Sports club
Member of: A cultural Association
Member of: Other, please specify:
Publically endorsed by: Trade Union
Publically endorsed by: An employer’s Association
Publically endorsed by: Business Association
Publically endorsed by: Religious Association
Publically endorsed by: Environmental Association
Publically endorsed by: Human and Civil Rights Association
Publically endorsed by: Sports club.
Publically endorsed by: A cultural Association.
Publically endorsed by: Other, please specify:
… worked as unpaid party/campaign volunteer?
... worked as paid party/campaign worker or MP employee?
… held local or regional party office?
… held national party office?
... been elected or appointed as mayor?
... been Member of local government?
… been Member of local parliament?
… been President of regional parliament?
… been Member of regional parliament?
… been Member of European parliament?
Do you live in your constituency?
If yes: since what year have you been living there?
If not, have you once lived there?
Were you born in your constituency?
Outside of the election campaign, about how much time, if any, do you usually devote to party activities in an average week?
Did any persons or groups particularly encourage you for presenting your candidacy, or was this decision the result of your personal initiative only?
Family, friends, colleagues
Someone within the party
Representative(s) from a civil society organization or interest group?
If so, which organisation(s)?:
Was your recent nomination contested?
If yes, how contested was your nomination?
Who was most influential in deciding on your candidacy nomination for 2015 election?
Please specify:
Importance of campaign activities: Door-knocking, canvassing
Importance of campaign activities: Distributing campaign material
Importance of campaign activities: Calling up voters on the phone
Importance of campaign activities: Visiting businesses and social organisations
Importance of campaign activities: Meetings with party elites/members and/or party groups
Importance of campaign activities: Media activities (interviews, press releases, writing blogs)
Importance of campaign activities: Public speeches and rallies
Importance of campaign activities: Personal campaign posters
Importance of campaign activities: Direct mailing
Importance of campaign activities: Personal newspaper adds
Importance of campaign activities: Personal spots in radio, TV, movie houses
Importance of campaign activities: Personal flyers or other campaign material (give-aways)
Importance of campaign activities: Personal website
Importance of campaign activities: Mailing list to inform supporters and voters about my campaign
Importance of campaign activities: Own blog
Importance of campaign activities: Facebook
Importance of campaign activities: SMS
Importance of campaign activities: YouTube Channels
Importance of campaign activities: Twitter
Importance of campaign activities: Other, please specify:
What was your primary aim during the campaign?
Did you raise any local issues during your campaign?
If yes, what where the most important ones?
If yes, what where the most important ones? (Recoded)
Providing services and practical help to people in the constituency
Advocating the policy demands of the voters in the constituency
Taking care of the socio-economic well-being of the constituency
Openness to the voters in the constituency and communicating with them extensively
Promoting local customs and traditions
Your personal characteristics and circumstances
Particular items on the party platform
How many people worked for you in your personal campaign?
Of which staff paid by your personal campaign:
Of which volunteers:
How many of them were provided by your party?
Did you employ any professional consultant in your personal campaign?
If yes, please specify the aims of resorting to a consultant:
How much money did you spend for your personal campaign in euros (including party funds, donations, and private funds)?
Party funds
Donations
Private funds
Did members of national party leadership visit your constituency during the campaign in 2015?
In the beginning of the campaign, how did you evaluate your chances to win the mandate?
The most important problem is:
The most important problem is: (Recoded)
The second most important problem is:
The second most important problem is: (Recoded)
The third most important problem is: :
The third most important problem is: (Recoded)
Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of Portugal.
Governments 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..
The government should take measures to reduce differences in income levels.
Immigrants are good for Portugal’s economy.
Women should be free to decide on matters of abortion..
Public companies should not be privatized..
To promote growth it is more important to reduce taxations on companies than investing in the public sector.
More flexible labour legislation is necessary to create more jobs
The economic consequences of globalization are eminently negative.
Homosexual couples should be able to adopt kids. .
Trade unions have far too much power.
In politics, people sometimes talk about the ‘left’ and the ‘right’. Where would you place your own views on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means the most left and 10 means the most right?
Using the same scale, where would you place your party?
Using the same scale again, where would you place your party’s voters?
Generally speaking, do you think that Portugal’s membership of the European Union is a good thing, a bad thing, or neither good nor bad?
Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion?
All in all, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in the European Union?
The governments and politicians in the countries suffering from the economic crises.
The European Union.
The large banks.
Foreign investors/speculators.
The European currency – EURO.
The people/everybody in these countries
Rather than take on more debt, countries with unsustainable sovereign debts should default and start anew.
The EU should continue to support all current members of the Eurozone facing major financial crises.
Austerity is the only way to solve the Eurozone crisis.
Eurozone countries with financial difficulties should leave the EURO and return to the national currency.
The EU and/or IMF should provide funds for more investment to stimulate economic growth.
In a scale of 0 to 10, tell us which number better describes your personal position:
Portugal not reimburse its debt.
Wide social protests
Portugal leaving the Eurozone and going back to its former currency.
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 [country] work in practice, how well do you think they ensure that the views of MPs accurately reflect the views of voters?
Own voters in the constituency
All citizens in the constituency
The party electorate at large
Members of specific social group (e.g. young or elderly people)
The Portuguese citizenry
If the voters in his/her constituency have one opinion and his/her party takes a different opinion?
If his/her own opinion on an issue does not correspond with the opinion of the voters in his/her constituency?
If his/her own opinion on an issue differ from the party’s opinion?
Citizens have ample opportunity to participate in political decisions.
Legislation reflects the interests of the majority of citizens.
Political parties are the essential link between citizens and the state.
Special interests have too much influence on law making.
Parliament, not voters, should make final decisions on law and policy.
Citizens should be able to initiate a binding referendum.
Referendums tend to be poorly thought out and make bad law.
Our democracy is about to lose the trust of the citizens
What people call "consensus" in politics actually is a concession in a matter of principles
The demandings of the citizens are ignored in favour of the vested interests
The electoral system should be modified to allow citizens to vote for candidate and not parties
Like what happen with the right wing parties in Portugal, the left parties (PS, BE and PCP/PEV) did well in understanding each other to enable the existence of the present government
Citizens should be able to participate directly in the selection of candidates through primary elections
There is a general discussion of the topic in the parliamentary group and then a decision is made
There are made hearings with some members of the parliamentary group and then a decision is taken
A decision is made by a restrict group and then it is communicated to the group
Of the following five tasks, what, in your opinion, is the most important of a MP?
Of the following five tasks, what, in your opinion, is the second most important of a MP?
In your perspective, what are the main sources of legitimacy of laws?
In your perspective, what are the main sources of legitimacy of laws? (Recoded)
Considering the GENERAL PERFOMANCE of the present socialist government, supported in parliament by BE and PCP-PEV, how would you evaluate it?
Considereing the GENERAL PERFOMANCE of the former coalition government (PSD/CDSP-PP), how would you evaluate it?
Are you…:
In what year were you born?
Did you have Portuguese citizenship when you were born?
If no: What citizenship did you have when you were born?
Do you live in a…
In which parish do you actually live?
How long have you been living in your current residential community?
What is your highest level of education?
What is your highest level of education? Other?
What is the highest level of academic qualification do you achieved? (Recoded)
If university degree: What was your discipline?
If university degree: What was your discipline? (Recoded)
Irrespective of whether or not you are a Member of Parliament, what is your employment status? (Tick one box only)
If RETIRED, SELF-EMPLOYED or UNEMPLOYED: What was your previous employment status?
As self-employed, do you have any employees?
If yes, how many employees do you have?
What is your current [IF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND/OR RETIRED: what was your former] occupation?
What is your current [IF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND/OR RETIRED: what was your former] occupation? (Recoded)
This main occupation is/was as:
Other occupation, please specify:
Other occupation, please specify (Recoded)
About how often do you attend religious services these days
What is your religious belief?
What is your religious belief? Other, please specify:
What is your current marital status?
Age child 1
Age child 2
Age child 3
Age child 4
Do you have any dependent adults in your care?
What is your ethnic background?
What is your ethnic background? (Recoded)
Pesos para a totalidade dos candidatos (eleitos e não eleitos)