2240|CITIZENS BEFORE POLITICS (I)

— Frequent talk of politics in the interviewee’s home during his childhood and youth.
— Degree of agreement among family members on political issues.
— Scale of ideology of the respondent’s father and mother.
— Frequently with which he talks about politics with family and friends.
— Active participation in politics, current or past, of the interviewee or of a family member. Activities they perform.
— Affiliation to citizen associations, political parties, trade unions or religious associations. Probability of affiliation in case you have never been associated with any of the above described.
— Often with which he attends a political rally, a demonstration or cooperates to solve a local problem.
— Frequency of electoral participation.
— Factors that influence the voting decision.
— Degree of interest in the activities of the Congress of Deputies. Means of communication by which such activities are reported.
— Opinion on the extent to which the decisions of Congress affect him.
— Representativeness of congressional deputies.
— Influence of different groups/persons in the decisions of the deputies of the Congress.
— Opinion on whether a deputy should retain or resign his seat if he leaves the party by whose lists he was elected.
— Opinion on the main reason for candidates for MEPs to stand for elections. Opinion on what those reasons should be.
— Appeal to a Member of the constituency/voting party to problems of their own or their people/city.
— Importance given by Members to various aspects of their activity.
— Evaluation of relations between deputies of different parties.
— Opinion on Members’ exclusive dedication.
— Degree of satisfaction with the work carried out by Members.
— Assessment of the voting discipline of Members. Opinion on the image given to society by a Member who does not follow voting discipline.
— Degree of agreement with various opinions on political parties.
— Phrase with which he agrees more about the need for greater discrepancy or greater unanimity within political parties.
— Financing of political parties. Willingness to finance a party.
— Personal identification or closeness to any political party.
— Opinion on the two issues, which most concern Spaniards, which should be discussed in the Congress of Deputies.
— Scale of acceptance to the entry of foreign workers in Spain.
— Scale of acceptance of the introduction of the single European currency (the euro).
— Opinion about who cares most about environmental problems in your town or city and about who should have more responsibility.
— Opinion on the degree of attention given by Members to different groups in their decisions on the environment.
— Opinion on the most effective and least effective solution when there is a serious environmental problem in your town or city.
— Scale of political ideology of the interviewee.
— Vote recall in March 1996 general elections.