Keywords: Candidate competence, Voter competence
Neither Republicans or Democrats have a lock on technical ignorance. I loved the term “staggering ignorance” in a December 2015 article on Venture Beat. “Loved” in terms of being vivid and accurate; not in terms of it being good that the candidates are so ignorant.
This issue of encryption isn’t tech versus security. It’s a case of people that understand versus those that don’t.
Maybe candidates for Leader of the Free World should have to pass an PAT (Presidential Aptitude Test) before they can run.
Technology & Patterns 
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