2250|PARLIAMENTARY ELITES (SURVEY OF DEPUTIES OF THE GENERAL COURTS)

— 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 in the past, of a family member. Activities they perform. — Affiliation to different associations/organisations. — Opinion on the factors that influenced the vote of its constituents. — Opinion on the media that citizens use to learn about the activities that are carried out in the Congress. — Means of communication used to know the problems of their constituency. — Representativeness as a Member. — Degree of influence of different groups/persons in the decisions taken. — Opinion on whether a deputy should retain or resign his seat if he leaves the party by whose lists he was elected. — Main reasons to present your candidacy in the last elections. — Usual procedure of their constituents to communicate with the interviewee. Existence, in the last month, of some contact with an elector, procedure employed. — Frequent contact with various people or institutions. — Importance it attaches to various aspects of its parliamentary activity. — Distribution of time during its legislative activity. — Opinion on whether Members should be more likely to speak in the debates. How to articulate a proposal in this regard. — Assessment of the functioning of the Congress Bureau, the Board of Speakers, the General Secretariat and the Permanent Provincial Council. — Opinion on the accessibility of deputies to different bodies of Congress. — Assessment of the operation of different congressional services. — Main obstacles, in available human and material means/resources, which he has encountered to develop his work. — Assessment of the frequency and type of relationship with Members of other parliamentary groups. — Opinion on Members’ exclusive dedication. — Satisfaction with the work you do as a Member. More satisfactory/attractive aspect and less satisfactory/atractive appearance. — Assessment of the voting discipline of Members. — Phrase with which he agrees more about the need for greater discrepancy or greater unanimity within political parties. — Financing of political parties. — Opinion on the two issues that should be discussed in Congress. — Scale of acceptance to the entry of foreign workers in Spain. — Scale of acceptance of the introduction of the single European currency (the euro). — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Scale of political ideology applied to the political party it represents. — Comparison of the level of income prior to parliamentary activity with the current ones. — Membership of any governing body of your party. — Previously occupied elected public office.