Political Party
1 = PS
2 = MPT
3 = BE
4 = CDU
5 = PPD/PSD-CDS-PP
6 = L

Party in which was candidate
1 = BE
2 = CDS-PP
3 = PEV
4 = PCP
5 = PSD
6 = PS
7 = Outro Partido
8 = Nenhum
99 = NS/NR

Affiliation year
0 = Never, I am not member of this party.
99 = NR

National Parliament 1975
1 = Neither candidate, nor elected
2 = Candidate, but not elected
3 = Candidate and elected
4 = Candidate and substitute
99 = No response
100 = Non appliable

Trade Union (member)
1 = member
2 = not member
99 = NS/NR

Trade Union (supported)
1 = publically endorsed
2 = not endorsed
99 = NR
100 = Non appliable

Worked as unpaid party/campaign volunteer
1 = yes
2 = no
99 = NR

Hours devoted to party activities in an average week
0 = no time
99 = NR

contested nomination
1 = yes
2 = No
99 = NR

If yes, how contested was your nomination?
1 = Very much contested
2 = Moderately contested
3 = Very little contested
99 = NR
100 = Non appliable

influencies in candidacy nomination
1 = result of primary election
2 = party members
3 = party delegates
4 = regional party leadership
5 = national party leadership
6 = Others
99 = NR

...did you begin organizing your campaign?
1 = >6 months
2 = 6-3
3 = 2-1
4 = <1 month
5 = non appliable
99 = NR

Money spended in personal campaign (in Euros)
999 = NR

Door-knocking, canvassing
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = NS/NR

Door-knocking, canvassing
1 = little important
2 = somewhat important
3 = very important
4 = most important
99 = NS/NR

professional consultant in personal campaign
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = NR

primary aim during the campaign
0 = to attract as much attention as possible for me as a candidate
10 = to attract as much as possible attention for my party
99 = NR

Issues specific to your personal campaign
1 = very much
2 = Much
3 = somewhat
4 = not much
5 = not at all
99 = NR

In the beginning of the campaign, how did you evaluate your chances to win the mandate?
1 = I thought I could not win.
2 = I thought I could hardly win.
3 = I thought it was an open race.
4 = I thought I could hardly lose.
5 = I thought I could not lose.
99 = NR

Appropriate level to deal with the most important problem
1 = local/regional level
2 = national level
3 = european level
99 = NR

Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of Portugal.
1 = Strongly agree
2 = Agree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
99 = NR

European unification
0 = Has already gone too far
10 = Should be pushed further
99 = NR

Left & Right selfplacement
0 = Left
10 = Right
99 = NR

The governments and politicians in the countries suffering from the economic crises
1 = Not at all responsible
5 = Extremely responsible
99 = NR

Rather than take on more debt, countries with unsustainable sovereign debts should default and start anew
1 = strongly agree
2 = agree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 = disagree
5 = strongly disagree
99 = NR

Economic policy
0 = Exclusively at the national level
10 = Exclusively at the European level
99 = NR

satisfation with the way democracy works in the European Union
1 = very satisfied
2 = fairly satisfied
3 = not very satisfied
4 = not at all satisfied
99 = NR

Portugal's membership of the European Union
1 = a good thing
2 = a bad thing
3 = neither good nor bad
99 = NR

All people in Europe
1 = not at all important
2 = somewhat important
3 = neither, nor
4 = rather important
5 = very important
99 = NR

How should a Member of the European Parliament vote in parliament if his/her voters have one opinion and his/her party takes a different opinion?
1 = MP should vote according to his/her party’s opinion.
2 = MP should vote according to his/her voters opinion..
99 = NR

How should a Member of the European Parliament vote in parliament if his/her own opinion on an issue does not correspond with the opinion of his/her voters?
1 = MP should vote according to his/her own opinion.
2 = MP should vote according to his/her voters opinion.
99 = NR

How should a Member of the European Parliament vote in parliament if his/her own opinion on an issue differ from the party’s opinion?
1 = MP should vote according to his/her own opinion..
2 = MP should vote according to his/her party’s opinion.
99 = NR

The European Parliament takes into consideration the concerns of European citizens
1 = strongly agree
2 = Agree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
99 = NR

Do you see yourself as ...
1 = Portuguese only
2 = Portuguese and european
3 = European and Portuguese
4 = European only
99 = NR

enlargement of the European Union
1 = A good thing
2 = A bad thing
3 = Neither good nor bad
99 = NR

Gender
1 = Male
2 = Female
99 = NR

born in...
99 = NR

Mother
1 = Yes, she was born in Portugal
2 = No, she was born in another country
99 = NR

Father
1 = Yes, he was born in Portugal
2 = No, he was born in another country
99 = NR

highest level of education
1 = None
2 = Primary school incomplete
3 = 4 years complete(Completed Primary - 4th grade)
4 = 6 years complete(preparatory, 2nd basic cycle)
5 = 9 years complete(Old 5th year, actual 3rd basic cycle)
6 = 12 years completed(middle course completed)
7 = Polytechnic completed(middle course completed)
8 = University (Graduation)
9 = Other
98 = Don't know
99 = No response

family’s standard of living level
0 = poor family
7 = rich family
99 = NR

Frequency of attending to religious services
1 = at least once a week
2 = 2 or 3 times a month
3 = once a month
4 = a number of times a year
5 = once a year
6 = less often
7 = never
99 = NS/NR

religious
0 = not at all religious
10 = Very religious
99 = NR

religious belief
1 = Catholic
2 = other
3 = None
99 = NR

Current marital status
1 = married, living as married
2 = widowed
3 = divorced or separated
4 = single

How many children do you have in your care younger than 5 years old.
1 = None
2 = One
3 = Two
4 = Three
5 = More than three
99 = NR

Other. Specify? (member)
99 = NR
100 = Non appliable

The most important problem is...
NR