S Tier
8+ in 5 or more
8 or higher in 5 or more qualification categories.
Scoring framework
Methodology
How CivStats.Com turns background research into civic qualification scores, tiers, and category summaries.
The scores are based on each candidate’s background as researched by our staff. The Civic Qualification Tier measures background qualifications and civic familiarity only. It does not measure voting record, governing performance, morality, popularity, or whether a candidate is good or bad.
Civic Qualification Tier Rules
A Tier
8+ in 4 or more
8 or higher in 4 or more qualification categories.
B Tier
7+ in 5 or more
7 or higher in 5 or more qualification categories.
B- Tier
7+ in 4 or more
7 or higher in 4 or more qualification categories.
C+ Tier
7+ in 3 or more AND a 6+ in 1 or more
7+ in 3 or more AND a 6+ in 1 or more
C Tier
7+ in 3 or more
7 or higher in 3 or more qualification categories.
D Tier
7+ in 2 or more
7 or higher in 2 or more qualification categories.
F Tier
Doesn't meet any criteria
Does not satisfy any of the above tier thresholds.
Rubric Point Range Breakdown
Each category uses the same 1-10 score scale, but the meaning of each range depends on the category being scored.
Knowledge of Law
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Limited or no formal legal education. No experience working under the constitution. |
| 3-4 | Minimal exposure to lawmaking or constitutional issues with no legal background. |
| 5-6 | Holds law degree or some legal work but not extensive or constitutional in nature. |
| 7-8 | Significant legal career, direct responsibility for upholding laws, courtroom or legislative exposure. |
| 9-10 | Long-term high-level legal or constitutional authority, national jurisprudence impact, legal scholarship, or judicial experience. |
Global Readiness
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | No meaningful military, foreign-policy, or national-security experience. |
| 3-4 | Minimal contact — oversight role, ceremonial functions, occasional legislation related to defense. |
| 5-6 | Military family background, service on defense/veterans committees, prior reserve duty, or international advocacy. |
| 7-8 | Prior active or reserve military service, major foreign-policy work, diplomatic experience, or executive crisis responsibility. |
| 9-10 | Senior military/intelligence leadership, or national-security leadership/extensive defense command. |
Business Acumen
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | No business, management, or fiscal-operations experience. |
| 3-4 | Public-sector management or limited exposure to business policy. |
| 5-6 | Small-business ownership, corporate board experience, meaningful nonprofit, union, large community organization, or significant economic-policy leadership. |
| 7-8 | Executive or founder of large enterprise; measurable private-sector success. |
| 9-10 | Repeated entrepreneurial success or national-scale corporate leadership. |
Social Works
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Little or no social/community engagement. |
| 3-4 | Occasional advocacy or one-off appearances supporting social issues. |
| 5-6 | Consistent record of policy or program work improving marginalized or underserved groups. |
| 7-8 | Direct leadership of major national social or equality initiatives. |
| 9-10 | Founding leader of enduring global or transformative social-justice movements. |
Character
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | No major scandals or disqualifying personal controversies, but little demonstrated public evidence of discipline, accountability, restraint, or trustworthiness under pressure. |
| 3-4 | Limited public evidence of traditional values, family stability, or personal grounding. |
| 5-6 | Generally stable personal image, some public connection to family, faith, or values-based life. |
| 7-8 | Strong public reputation for family stability, faith, discipline, and moral consistency. |
| 9-10 | Openly faith-led life, long-term family stability, moral leadership central to career identity. |
Public Safety
| Score range | Meaning / explanation |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | No meaningful experience with law enforcement, courts, corrections, emergency management, public safety administration, or public-order institutions. Exposure is mostly general citizen-level awareness. |
| 3-4 | Minimal indirect exposure to public-order systems, such as public comments, campaign positions, community advocacy, or limited legislative discussion around policing, courts, corrections, or emergency response. |
| 5-6 | Moderate indirect experience with public-order systems, such as serving in local/state/federal office with some public safety oversight, voting on public safety budgets, working with public safety agencies, or participating in justice/public safety policy debates. |
| 7-8 | Significant direct experience with public safety or justice systems, such as serving as a judge, sheriff, police leader, corrections official, emergency manager, public safety administrator, or chair/member of a public safety or judiciary committee. |
| 9-10 | Long-term senior leadership or high-level operational experience in public-order institutions, such as an Attorney General, leading a major law enforcement department, justice, corrections, emergency management, homeland security, or public safety agency; shaping major public safety policy; or holding repeated senior roles tied directly to civic stability and rule enforcement. |
Qualification Categories
- Knowledge of Law
- Global Readiness
- Business Acumen
- Social Works
- Character
- Public Safety