When is question about concrete person's political views off-topic?

Questions about public people are probably sometimes on topic.

I mean, if somebody asked what Trump's, or Merkel's opinion is, it makes sense.

On the other hand, if somebody asked what is his friend's opinion, it is off topic, right?

But I came up with some groups where I am not sure:

Less known politics.
What about writers or actors (they have an influence on the people and therefore also on voting)?
Businesspeople?
University teachers?
Politologists?
People that run in elections (but they're not elected yet)?
People that don't run in elections, but there is a good chance they will? (maybe in near future)

In fact, I am asking:

Where is the borderline?

asked Jan 7 '19 at 9:35

TGar

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Related question: How should I ask a question regarding a celebrity's political stance?. I responded to that question with my criteria for when I would consider the political opinions of a celebrity to be relevant on this website. Unfortunately everything I know about Lukyanenko is what I just read in the Wikipedia article about him, so I can not really judge if he can be considered a serious political activist. – Philipp♦ Jan 7 '19 at 9:47
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@Philipp - It's Russia. The authors there were always "political activists" in a way (the same way musicians tend to be in the West, but to far greater degree). Quoting Yevtushenko, "A poet in Russia is more than a poet”. But Lukyanenko is not a political activist in a formal way - just an uber popular science fiction writer whose books have pretty heavy swings into political philosophy and who's pretty open about his views on some things. – user4012 Jan 9 '19 at 15:19
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I'm a little disappointed because I was hoping this would be about a person who's body is made of concrete. – PoloHoleSet Jan 16 '19 at 21:48

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