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Comparative Candidate Survey Macro Questionnaire PORTUGAL 2009 – GENERAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS Prepared by: André Freire (Principal Investigator CCS Portugal; member of the stering committee of the CCS international network Date: September 26, 2012 (but refering to the 2009 Portuguese General Legislative Elections Comparative Candidate Survey Macro Questionnaire PORTUGAL 2009 – GENERAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS Country: PORTUGAL Date of Election: 2009 General Legislative Elections NOTE TO COLLABORATORS: The information provided in this report contributes to an important part of the CCS project. Your efforts in providing these data are greatly appreciated! Any supplementary documents that you can provide (e.g., electoral legislation, party manifestos, electoral commission reports, media reports) are also appreciated, and may be made available on the CCS website. Part I: Data Pertinent to the Election at which the CCS was Administered (taken from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, version: Module 2, August 23, 2004) 1. Report the number of portfolios (cabinet posts) held by each party in cabinet, prior to the most recent election. (If one party holds all cabinet posts, simply write "all".) Name of Political Party PS (Portuguese Socialist Party) Number of Portfolios All Comparative Candidate Survey 2 Macro Questionnaire 1a. What was the size of the cabinet before the election? 15 portfolios plus prime-minister 2. Report the number of portfolios (cabinet posts) held by each party in cabinet, after the most recent election. (If one party holds all cabinet posts, simply write "all"). Name of Political Party PS (Portuguese Socialist Party) Number of Portfolios All 2a. What was the size of the cabinet after the election? 16 portfolios plus prime-minister 3. Political Parties (most active during the election in which the module was administered and receiving at least 3% of the vote): Party Name/Label Year Party Ideological European Parliament International Party Founded Family Political Group Organizational (where applicable) Membership Note: Question to be answered of up to six 'relevant' parties, i.e., with the higher vote percentages in the relevant election. Ideological Party Families: (These are suggestions on ly. If a party does not fit well into this classification scheme, please provide an alternative and some explanation). (A) Ecology Parties (G) Liberal Parties (M) Agrarian Parties (B) Communist Parties (H) Right Liberal Parties (N) Ethnic Parties (C) Socialist Parties (I) Christian Democratic Parties (O) Regional Parties (D) Social Democratic Parties (J) Nation al Parties (P) Other Parties (E) Conservative Parties (K) Independents (F) Left Liberal Parties (L) Single Issue Parties A. PS-Partido Socialista 1973 Social Democrats PES Socialist International Party of European Socialists B. PSD-Partido Social-Democrata 1974 Liberal 1 EPP- European - People´s Party C. Confederal Group of PCP-Portuguese Communist Party 1922 Communists the European United Left / Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament (Part of the CDU electoral alliance) 1974 Conservative 1 It is difficult to assign the PSD to an ideological family. It is clearly in the centre-right of the political spectrum, but has both liberal and conservative factions within it. It is assigned to the liberal family because it belonged to the Liberal Group in the European Parliament. Despite being a member of the PPE nowadays, it does no t, unlike the CDS/PP have its roots in European Christian Democracy. E. Parties EPP- European CDS/PP (Partido Popular) People´s Party F. 1999 Extreme-Left Confederal Group of BE (Bloco de Esquerda) the European United Coalition of PSR, UDP, Politica XXI, and Ruptura Left / Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament G. 1982 Ecology Parties Confederal Group of European Federation of PEV (Partido Ecologista- Os Verdes) the European United Green Parties Left / Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament (part of the CDU electoral alliance) H. 1987 Communist-Green Confederal Group of CDU (Coligação Democrática Unitária)- coalition the European United between PCP and PEV 2 Left / Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament Ideological Party Families: (These are suggestions only. If a party does not fit well into this classification scheme, please provide an alternative and some explanation). 2 The CDU is not a party, it is an electoral alliance formed by two parties, the Communist Party (PCP- Partido Comunista Português) and the Greens (PEV- Partido Ecologista os Verdes). It is described here because formally, it is the CDU that ran in the election and not the PCP or the PEV. Both individual parties are described above. Comparative Candidate Survey 3 Macro Questionnaire The following lists provide examples of political groups and organizations to which a particular party might belong. Please report any and all international affiliations for each party. Europ ean Parliament Political Groups: International Party Organizations: (1) European People’s Party (11) Asia Pacific Socialist Organization (2) European Democrats (12) Caribbean Democratic Union (3) Party of European Socialists (13) Christian Democratic International (4) European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (14) Christian Democratic Organization of America (5) Confederal Group of European United Left (15) Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (6) Nordic Green Left (16) Democratic Union of Africa (7) Greens (17) Eastern European Social Democratic Forum (8) European Free Alliance (18) Green Movement (9) Europe for the Nations (19) Humanist Party (10) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (20) In ternational Communist Union (00) Not Applicable (21) In ternational Democrat Union (98) Don't Know (22) In ternational League of Democratic Socialists (23) Liberal International (24) Natural Law Party (25) Pacific Democratic Union (26) Organization of African Liberal Parties (27) Socialist International (28) Socialist Inter-Africa (00) Not Applicable (98) Don't Know 3a. Were there any significant parties not represented in parliament before the election? NO 3b. Were there any significant parties not represented in parliament after the election? NO 3c. Were there any other non-represented parties or independent actors whom you believe to have had a significant effect on the election? NO Comparative Candidate Survey 4 Macro Questionnaire 4a. Ideological Positions of Parties: Please indicate Parties A-F's positions on a left-right dimension (in the expert judgment of the CSES Collaborator). If this dimension is not appropriate, please provide an explanation of the salient cleavages, and parties' relative positions. Party Name Left Right 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Party Name Left Right 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X A. PS X B. PPD-PSD X C. CDU – (PCP & PEV) X D. CDS-PP X E. BE Notes: 1st ) Question to be answered of up to six 'relevant' parties, i.e., with the higher vote percentages in the relevant election. (the same as in question 3 above) 2n d ) For each party position on the left-right scale, an average should be built. That average should be built upon the position attributed to each party by each member of the national CCS team. Please specify the number of persons upon which each average was constructed: Party A: Party B: Party C: Party D: Party E: Party F: 4aa. Do you believe there would be general consensus on these placements among informed observers in your country? Yes, more or less. The above mentioned placement of parties is also shared by voters, according to mass surveys, in average terms, of course. Comparative Candidate Survey 5 Macro Questionnaire 4b. If you have asked respondents to rank political parties on an alternative dimension, other than the left-right dimension, please also provide your own rankings of the parties on this dimension. Name of dimension: Label for left hand position: Label for right hand position: Party Name Left Right 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A. B. C. D. E. F. 4bb. Do you believe there would be general consensus about these placements among informed observers in your country? 5. In your view, what are the five most salient factors that affected the outcome of the election (e.g. major scandals; economic events; the presence of an independent actor; specific issues)? 1. the type of exercise of authority by the incumbent goverment, which had an absolute majortity of MPs and We not much incline to share power with either opposition or organized interests. 2. The international financial and economic crisis and the way to fight it. 3.The role of the state in social affairs but also in public investments. 4. The deterioration of the economic situation. 5. Growth of public debt. Comparative Candidate Survey 6 Macro Questionnaire 5a. Do you believe there would be general consensus about the importance of these factors among informed observers in your country? Yes, more or less. 6. Electoral Alliances: Sometimes, electoral alliances are made at the constituency level as, for example, in Finland. Documenting who is allied with whom, and how, in each constituency is a large task and we do not expect you to do more than make some general reference to the existence of constituency-level alliances. Sometimes, electoral alliances are made at the national level -- these are the alliances that we would like you to identify. Information is sought on who is allied with whom and on the nature of the electoral alliance. a) Were electoral alliances permitted during the election campaign? Yes If yes, please complete the following: Alliance Name Participant Parties (please indicate dominant members with an "*") Alliance 1: CDU: Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP, Portuguese Communist Party & PEV, Greens) Alliance 2: BE (Bloco de Esquerda): formerly (1999) a coalition of three plus one party (PSR, Trotskists, UDP, Maoists, Politica XXI, Politica Movement – Renovated Communists, and Ruptura FER); now a party with internal trends/factions. Alliance 3: Alliance 4: Alliance 5: Comparative Candidate Survey 7 Macro Questionnaire 7. Party Leaders: In legislative elections, please report the leader of each party. Party of Candidate Name of Party Leader or Presidential Candidate A.
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