2860|PREFERENCES ON POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES

— Nationality of the interviewee. — Frequency of monitoring of the news through various media. — Interest in politics. — Scale of personal importance of abortion, immigration and the economic situation. — Scale of how political decisions should be made in Spain, in the municipality and in the European Union. — Scale of how policy decisions on abortion, immigration and the economic situation should be made. — Scale of how to make the political decisions about Spain defended by the PSOE, the PP and IU. — Scale of who makes political decisions in Spain: citizens or politicians. — Scale of assessment of ways of making political decisions: consult citizens, experts, facilitate citizen participation and election of politicians. — According to various phrases on decision-making in politics: it would be more useful for politicians to make decisions on important issues, consensus in politics is to renounce the principles themselves,... —Assessment of the power of politicians and citizens in Spain. — Scale in which they are informed, they are egoistic, they are divided, they are intelligent, they are corrupt and have the capacity to reach agreements the politicians and citizens in Spain. — According to various phrases on the decision-making of citizens in politics: the lack of time to not make decisions on important issues, the country would go better if the decisions were made directly without depending on the politicians,... — Effects of citizens’ participation in politics. — Scale of trust and honesty in people. — Scale of trust in institutions: political parties, the central government, the judiciary and the political system in general. — Scale of satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Spain. — Membership of an association. Types of association to which it belongs or has belonged. — Frequency of participation in different forms of social and political action: attendance at demonstrations, stop buying certain products, contact a politician,... — Participation in different forms of social and political action related to abortion, immigration and the economic situation. — Often with which he has had different feelings when participating in different forms of social and political action: it is useless, participation is important, annoying with interpersonal conflicts, — Scale of assessment of various ways of making political decisions: organise referendums frequently, organise assemblies,... — Positioning scale for free and unrestricted abortion. Amount of Spanish population sharing their ideas. — Positioning scale against unrestricted immigration to Spain. Amount of Spanish population sharing their ideas. — Scale of positioning before the economy without regulation of the State. Amount of Spanish population sharing their ideas. — Frequently with which he talks about different topics with people of different ideas to those of the interviewee. — Descriptive scale of the interviewee’s personality through various phrases: conversations between people with different ideas, discomfort with heated discussions and asking for advice from those who have a close opinion. — Agreement with different phrases about politics: politicians don‘t care about what people think, politics is so complicated that you can’t understand... — Scale of ideology of the interviewee. Amount of Spanish population that shares it. — Importance of political ideology. — Ideological location scale of the policies of the central government, the PSOE, the PP and IU (ICV in Catalonia). — Closeness to some political party. Political party to which you feel more close. — Retrospective assessment of the economic situation of Spain and staff (1 year). — Knowledge of the name of the current president of the Congress of Deputies, in what year the Spanish Constitution was approved and the composition of the PSOE government between 2008-2011. — Voter turnout and recall in 2008 general elections. — Characteristics of the way of being of the person interviewed: reserved, lazy, little interest in the artistic, conscientious,... — Personal assistance to the elderly or chronically ill. — Possession of children aged 6 or younger. — Religious practice. — Valuation of household income. — Travel time to work/study center from home.