As I explained many a time in 2012, not all FREEPERS HAD to vote for Romney:
1. If you lived in a red state, Romney was going to win that state anyway minus all Freeper votes. So vote third party.
2. If you lived in a blue state, Romney was going to win that state anyway minus all Freeper votes. So vote third party.
So your statement only applies if you live(d) in a genuine purple state.
It may not have mattered.
Given Romney’s (D)elusion, Romney more than likely would have been on the wrong side of Obergefell v. Hodges, anyways.