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President Obama on Wednesday ratcheted up Democrats' attacks on third-party candidates, arguing anything other than a vote for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThree legal scholars say Trump should be impeached; one thinks otherwise Report: Barr attorney can't provide evidence Trump was set up by DOJ Jayapal pushes back on Gaetz's questioning of impeachment witness donations to Democrats MORE is a vote for Donald Trump
Donald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in past decade: study Biden hammers Trump over video of world leaders mocking him Iran building hidden arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq: report MORE.
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThree legal scholars say Trump should be impeached; one thinks otherwise Report: Barr attorney can't provide evidence Trump was set up by DOJ Jayapal pushes back on Gaetz's questioning of impeachment witness donations to Democrats MORE is a vote for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in past decade: study Biden hammers Trump over video of world leaders mocking him Iran building hidden arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq: report MORE.“If you don’t vote, that’s a vote for Trump. If you vote for a third-party candidate who's got no chance to win, that’s a vote for Trump,” Obama said during a radio interview with Steve Harvey.
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Democrats have worried about Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson
Gary Earl JohnsonThe Trump strategy: Dare the Democrats to win Trump challenger: 'All bets are off' if I win New Hampshire primary Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE and the Green Party's Jill Stein drawing votes away from Clinton, the Democratic nominee, especially among younger voters.
Gary Earl JohnsonThe Trump strategy: Dare the Democrats to win Trump challenger: 'All bets are off' if I win New Hampshire primary Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE and the Green Party's Jill Stein drawing votes away from Clinton, the Democratic nominee, especially among younger voters.Several liberal groups have targeted the third-party candidates recently in an effort to shore up support for Clinton, who is in a tighter-than-expected race against Trump, the Republican nominee.
Polls showing a close race between the major-party nominees in the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada and Virginia have show Johnson drawing significant support among young voters and independents.
Obama on Wednesday also argued that voters should be just as engaged this election as they were for his two White House bids.
"My legacy is on the ballot. All the work we've done over the last eight years is on the ballot," he said.
Obama also argued that Monday night's first debate showed that Clinton is qualified to be president, while also showing that Trump doesn't do his homework.
