From the voting data I have seen in NH your hypothesis is incorrect. They came out to vote, and often voted split ticket between Libertarian and Republican candidates. But their votes were swamped by Democratic votes from college towns and an army of people dependent on government who the Obama campaign found, misled into believing that the Republicans would harm their interests if elected, and then brought to the polls to vote.
Very possible. I was just thinking out loud. I just know a lot of paulbots from 08' and this time around and none of them would ever consider voting for the GOP nominee. Go read their forums and it is all about sabotaging the GOP. They were just trying to take over the Republican party because they know they can't win as a 3rd party. These people aren't real Republicans.
The state of things—my daughter said in her high school (which is about 50 percent Mormon) the only issues her peers talked about were abortion, gay marriage and how Romney hates women. I wonder do these parents even converse with their kids, do they know that they “think” these are issues?