Yes, but it is STILL more than Giuliani polls. Therefore, Giuliani must need some of that smoking stuff you were talking about, IF the argument is that polling 27% of Republicans should cause an idea to go by the wayside.
The other point remains - a plurality wins an American election and not a majority.
And one doesn’t really need a third party to run a third candidate.
One can just run a conservative Republican in a write-in campaign. That overcomes all the obstacles to 3rd party formation. Easier to get citizens trained to write in names than to spend millions fighting 3rd party obstacles to getting on a ballot.
I didn't say that any "idea should go by the wayside." I'm just mocking the notion that an abstract idea with 27% support is on the verge of a general election victory.
One can just run a conservative Republican in a write-in campaign.
Dude. Put the pipe down now. I'm serious.
Name one write-in candidate who's won any office in a jurisdiction with over a thousand voters. I mean, it's a fine strategy for a student council election, but POTUS? Please.