I think is points out there are more than one kind of conservative. There are the culture warrior conservatives ( I call them the single digit types) and then there are the traditional conseravtives interested in low taxes, small government and liberty. ( the double digit types)
Given the midterm election, the culture warriors like Hunter are doomed during this election cycle. The Culture warriors call the traditionalists RINOS. So be it...But the Rinos are now driving the GOP bus....
Hunter will never get into double digits.Frankly If I were a betting man, I'd give you odds he doesn't getter higher than 5% before he goes belly up. Even 5% is being generous.
Those "double digit traditional conservatives" you point out have traditionally gone by another name: Libertarian. We all know how successful they have been in convincing the country about the validity of their GOP fiscal + Dem social point of view.