1. A method of candidate identification utilizing fingerprint identification, the method comprising: receiving a candidate comprising content arranged in a content pattern, wherein the received candidate corresponds to one of a plurality of exemplars; compensating for rotation variation identified in the content pattern of the received candidate; analyzing each of a plurality of constituent elements that comprise the content pattern of the received candidate in order to build a fingerprint representative of the content pattern; comparing the fingerprint to a plurality of fingerprints, wherein each of the plurality of fingerprints corresponding to one of the plurality of exemplars; evaluating the candidate and one or more identified exemplars to determine the best match there between, wherein the identified exemplar corresponds to the one of the plurality of fingerprints.