Like it or not, Romney is an outlier in OR, CA, MD, NY, CT, NJ, WA, DC, and even his home territory -- New England states. Therefore, I am interested in the reasons people living in those states would choose to vote for him.
For you, your curiosity about outlier candidates seems to be intentionally limited...wouldn't have something to do with the reality that you're a Romney supporter, would it? (Iow...a biased perspective)
“...Romney is an outlier....” - only if you choose to warp the meaning.
“Reading my mind” is against the rules here - shame, shame.
I didn’t realize that asking a very simple, very easy question was so fraught with deeper meaning - I asked the question because I was interested in the answer; or, at least, I thought I did. Maybe a visit to the shrink is in order.