I would not.
The 2008 election was the last time I voted for the lesser of two evils — to my everlasting shame I did pull the lever for McCain.
I did however promise myself that I would not ever vote in favor of someone because the other guy's worse
but instead vote for somebody; this promise saved me from voting in favor of Romney (I voted for Gary Johnson). — In short the Republican party [RINO] does not get my vote by default, the candidate has to earn it by convincing me that he is a [fairly] good candidate… now I could be fooled, or mistaken as to his character, but if I'm voting because he seems agreeable to both my sensibilities and conscience then I won't be ashamed and condemned by my conscience for having voted in his favor.
“, the candidate has to earn it by convincing me that he is a [fairly] good candidate”
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but winning candidates do not take stands on issues. There’s a good reason for that. The first candidate who takes a strong stand on something is likely to have it used against him as a bludgeon. Thomas Lippmann, in “Public Opinion” explains why. Using Wilson’s 14 points he works through the wording and who the wording was for and how the many various factions interpreted it. Essentially, Wilson had to knit together groups with conflicting or wildly disparate goals. The wording was brilliant, allowing each to project on its canvas their meaning. Without this approach it was likely that a sudden peace movement and revolts among the allied soldiers on the line could have forced the war to end early in a stalemate. He had to keep the war going and appease those who wanted immediate peace. (Battles were losing hundreds of thousands of men and barely advancing yards. The war seemed hopless. Of every nine men sent to France, five became casualties.)
The candidate who convinces you that he’s your man has taken an inviolable stand on, say abortion, Illegal immigration and/or gays in the military. These will be used as tools by the opposition to generate strong constituencies. When most elections are separated by a dozen, or perhaps a few hundred votes, a candidate simply can’t afford to take stands that will enrage somebody who otherwise won’t vote. So, do you really know what the presupposed RINO will do? Reagan was a cipher to most when he went into office. He only really became clearly conservative once he started acting on his convictions. (Recall, Reagan was at one time a Democrat.)
Bill Clinton and most Democrats simply don’t have convictions. They act according to what the focus group says and then put the most leftward spin on it they can.