Facts are rarely checked if stated in favor of a Democrat. They go unchallenged in the RZ Politics Forum. Personally, I'm fine with folks having whatever political persuasion they like but misstating facts irritates me. The Chris Christie example that I referenced earlier is one. Another is the one you brought up.
The facts will show that Obama took 43% of the vote in 2012 and Romney took the state handily:
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php
Yet these things can be posted and 3 pages later, nobody's set the record straight