Obama: A vote for Gary Johnson or a vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Donald Trump

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he thinks a vote for third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein is a vote for Donald Trump.

The president made the comments during an interview with Steve Harvey on his radio program.

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"If you don't vote, that's a vote for Trump," he told Harvey. "If you vote for a third-party candidate that's a vote for Trump."

Johnson, the Libertarian nominee, and Stein, the Green Party nominee, are garnering 7.4% and 2.4% in the RealClearPolitics four-way race polling average.

Both candidates were not included in the first debate after not meeting the necessary polling threshold.

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