Political insiders and donors often judge candidates based on their ability to raise money.

Nothing occurs in a vacuum, and the sooner the public accepts this, the sooner it will be able to judge candidates more fairly and realistically.

"I think it shows that most voters in Kansas City are willing to judge candidates on factors other than race."

Charles Nkosi described trying to judge candidates who had never drawn anything except in school science classes.

Schools would judge candidates on their expertise, skills and commitment to teaching rather than on whether they have jumped through the right hoops.

This would give the electorate an opportunity to judge candidates on their reported words and deeds instead of being harangued by their hype.

Swindall refused to be partisan in his nominees, preferring to judge candidates on their qualifications, not their loyalty to a particular party.

When judging Presidential candidates, we tend not to care what a candidate says he would do about taxes.

Opponents fear that it could depress voter turnout and confuse voters who would no longer have a party label to help them judge candidates.

America's skeptical and well-informed electorate distrusts any other way of judging candidates.