Hard numbers don’t translate to hope. There will be no Perot repeat. The numbers and climate are completely different today than in 1992.
My point is those that are screaming the sky is falling if Trump goes 3rd party because Perot, they are wrong. Those 42% Independents are enough in themselves in a 3-way.
Another harsh reality is that despite the numerical superiority for a Trump/Cruz ticket, the RNC makes the rules for GOP primaries and they will do what they have to to diss Trump/Cruz. So there may be no other alternative other than a 3rd party unless they buy the argument that Hillary wins in a Perot redux. But Trump/Cruz have smart bean counters to know they have the votes via Independents, Reagan dems, Hispanic Americans and base grassroots GOP. Trump has the managers to get the ground game in shape. No way this would go the way of Perot.
“My point is those that are screaming the sky is falling if Trump goes 3rd party because Perot, they are wrong. Those 42% Independents are enough in themselves in a 3-way.”
You’re implying all those indies are there for the picking. At least half of them are hardcore lib.
A repeat of 1992 (Perot’s 19%) would be wildly optimistic.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/20/poll-finds-trump-runs-independent-democrats-win-landslide.html