Semantics.
You know exactly what the meaning is without nitpicking over the details, and you know exactly what happens if, say, 10% of the voters choose a libertarian over Romney.
Yes, the statement you dislike is a contraction of the specific result, but the result is still the same.
Are you saying that words are meaningless? Bottom line. If a person is too intellectually lazy to form a factual argument, it makes them and the rest of us look like idiots.
Or do you feel we should blurt out whatever and expect everyone to just accept the wisdom/truth of it? Funny, that is exactly how liberals govern.