Relevant Issues Knowledge: Status of candidate’s knowledge on relevant issues — relative to the political office for which they are running.
5 = Excellent and defensible status on issue knowledge.
4 = Above average and defensible status on issue knowledge or for a new candidate appears to have an excellent background to get up to speed quickly.
3 = Reasonable background status on issue knowledge or for a new candidate appears to be in reasonable condition to properly understand the issues.
2 = Below average status on issue knowledge or for a new candidate is assessed to be poorly to properly understand the issues.
1 = Known serious inability to property assess the depth of relevant issues.
0 = Not used.