oh, please! Don’t pass off this crap here. Geez...
-- for certain sure Romney was so far over the line that at least two life-long Republicans personally known to me, who had heretofore NEVER declined a Republican on any ballot, one in 35-plus years of voting and the other in well over 50 years of voting, refused to vote for Romney -- it was THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD EVER DECLINED A REPUBLICAN ON ANY BALLOT OVER MANY DECADES OF VOTING.
McCain (via Palin) got both those votes four years earlier; Romney was too much. I think the claim/data that Romney got more votes than McCain is BULLSH*T. Romney was an even worse choice than McCain, and he DESERVED TO LOSE. Therefore, he DID. And rightly so.