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.