2572|CITIZENS BEFORE POLITICS (II)

— Frequent talk of politics in the interviewee’s home during his 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, friends and colleagues. — 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 congressional deputy to problems that affect him. Through what medium he contacted, if there was an answer, if he would repeat. If he didn‘t get in touch if he thought about it and why he didn’t. — Importance given by Members to various aspects of their activity. — Evaluation of relations between deputies of different parties. — 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. — Financing of political parties. Willingness to finance a party. — Personal identification or closeness to any political party. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 2004 general elections.