Choices in a Candidate
Negative if they are lawyers
Negative if they lack executive experience
Negative if they lack real world business or military experience
Negative if they promote divisive class warfare that is focused on individuals instead of national programs and policies that improve the systems and focus of government.
Negative if they come from or are influenced by the seething pool of Marxism that spawned global chaos throughout the last century. Included factions are socialism, communism, national socialism (fascists), dictatorships, and religious theocracies
It is a plus if they have higher clearance levels or multiple areas of security expertise