Candidate Name
Candidate Code
Political Party
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Party in which was candidate
Other. Specify.
Affiliation year
National Parliament 1975
National Parliament 1976
National Parliament 1979
National Parliament 1980
National Parliament 1983
National Parliament 1985
National Parliament 1987
National Parliament 1991
National Parliament 1995
National Parliament 1999
National Parliament 2002
National Parliament 2005
National Parliament 2009
National Parliament 2011
European Parliament 1987
European Parliament 1989
European Parliament 1994
European Parliament 1999
European Parliament 2004
European Parliament 2009
European Parliament 2014
Trade Union (member)
Trade Union (supported)
Business Association (member)
Business Association (supported)
Religious Association (member)
Religious Association (supported)
Environmental Association (member)
Environmental Association (supported)
Human and Civil Rights Association (member)
Human and Civil Rights Association (supported)
Sports club (member)
Sports club (supported)
Other. Specify? (member)
Other. (supported)
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 Member of regional government
Been Member of regional parliament
Been Member of national parliament
Been Member of European parliament
Hours devoted to party activities in an average week
contested nomination
If yes, how contested was your nomination?
influencies in candidacy nomination
Others. Specify?
...did you begin organizing your campaign?
...did you start campaigning full-time?
Time devoted to campaigning per week during the last month before the election
Money spended in personal campaign (in Euros)
Party funds (%)
Donations (%)
Private funds (%)
Door-knocking, canvassing
Distributing party campaign material
Calling up voters on the phone
Visiting businesses and social organisations
Meetings with party elites/members and/or party groups
Media activities (interviews, press releases)
Public speeches and rallies
Personal campaign posters
Direct mailing
Personal newspaper adds
Personal spots in radio, TV, movie houses
Personal flyers or other campaign material (give-aways)
Personal website
Mailing list to inform supporters and voters about my campaign
Own blog
Facebook.
SMS.
Twitter.
Other. Specify?
Other
professional consultant in personal campaign
primary aim during the campaign
Issues specific to your personal campaign
Providing services and practical help to people
Advocating the policy demands of the voters
Taking care of the socio-economic well-being of your country
Openness to the voters and communicating with them extensively
Your personal characteristics and circumstances
Particular items on the party platform
In the beginning of the campaign, how did you evaluate your chances to win the mandate?
In the last week before the election, how did you evaluate your chances to win the mandate?
The most important problem is...
The second most important problem is...
Appropriate level to deal with the most important problem
Appropriate level to deal with the second most important problem
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.
Privacy rights should be restricted in order to combat crime.
Education should mainly be provided by the State
Health care should be mainly provided by the State
The present levels of social protection must be kept the same even if means an increase in taxes
Bigger efforts would have to be made to reduce income inequalities
Economic growth is more important than balancing the state budget
There should not be privatization of additional public enterprises
For growth it is more important to decrease taxes on business than to increase public spending
To increase jobs labour laws have to be more flexible
We should protect civil liberties of citizens even if it results in security and public order problems
European unification
European unification - Party position
European unification - party’s voters position
Left & Right selfplacement
Left & Right Party placement
Left & Right party's voters placement
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
Your national government
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.
Portugal should give financial help to another EU Member State facing severe economic and financial difficulties
Economic policy
Fighting crime
Security and defense
Protection of the environment
Monetary policy
Social policy
Foreign policy
Taxation policy
Immigration policy
satisfation with the way democracy works in the European Union
Portugal's membership of the European Union
satisfation with the way democracy works in Portugal
All people in Europe
All people in Portugal
All the people who voted for you or your party
Your national party
Your EP group
A specific group in society
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?
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?
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?
The European Parliament takes into consideration the concerns of European citizens
You trust the institutions of the European Union
The Portugal's Parliament takes into consideration the concerns of the portugueses.
Special interests have too much influence on law making on the European level.
Citizens should be able to initiate a binding referendum to decide on EU treaties
The European Parliament should have the right to initiate legislation.
The European Parliament should have equal power with the Council in all areas of EU legislation.
The Commission President should be nominated and bindingly elected by the European Parliament.
The European Parliament should be able to remove individual Commissioners from office.
Do you see yourself as ...
enlargement of the European Union
deepening of the European Union
The differences between European countries are far less than the similarities
I feel proud to be a European.
European unity threatens my country’s cultural identity
The European Union has strengthened democracy.
The European Union subjects member states to too much regulation.
The European Union has greatly harmed Portugal's economy.
Citizens of other EU countries should have the same rights to live in Portugal as we do.
Gender
born in...
Did you have portuguese citizenship when you were born
no, I had other citizenship when I was born. Specify?
Mother
No, she was born in another country. Specify?
Father
No, he was born in another country. Specify?
highest level of education
family’s standard of living level
Frequency of attending to religious services
religious
religious belief
Current marital status
How many children do you have in your care younger than 5 years old.