What are their positions on the issues? The students should think about that and elect someone based on their ideas, not the fact that they’re a bar owner.
Corrected -- What are their positions on the issues? The students/people should ... and elect someone based on their ideas, not the fact that they’re a bar owner/a woman/a black/an hispanic, etc.
At lerast the students can pretty well guess what those two honestly think on at least one issue -- and tht is more than you can say about what most politicians REALLY think.