If Rand Paul runs for the Republican nomination and loses it, will you vote for the Republican candidate, the Democrat, third party, or just stay home?
I'll vote Libertarian or Constitution in this situation.
This is true. But you can't waste that opportunity on someone who no one has ever heard of like Gary Johnson. If it's Bush vs. Clinton, Ron or Rand should run third party.
1. If by some freak occurrence some other libertarian won the primary, I'd obviously vote for that person. There's no such candidate on the field at the moment, but you never know.
2. If Rand got the VP slot, I'd vote for that ticket. I personally don't think it would be wise for Rand to accept a VP slot under any of these clowns, but if he decided otherwise, I'd assume he knows something I don't and defer to him.