[ObozoMustGo2012]

So Johnson and Stein are pulling votes away from Hillary??

[TexasFreeper2009]

Mark my words nearly all those Johnson and Stein voters will eventually vote for Trump.

They just need a safe place to park until Trump reassures them that he isn’t the monster the media is trying to make him out to be.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

They are using them to hid momentum from Trump. Collectively, the two will draw less than 1% nationwide. so there's a 15% buffer that can keep the polls a horse race, in order to play to the narrative, and sell more polls.

If the race is "over" now, the the candidates wont but airtime, and it loses revenue to the media. See how the best case scenario is a neck and neck tie right up till the end, so the politicians can raise money from donors and pass it through to the media in the form of ads?

[AC86UT89]

Explains why media is basically ignoring Johnson and Stein. Remember 1992 and Perot? Media loved the guy because he was taking votes from Bush Sr. How about John Anderson in 1980? Media assumed because he was a Republican he would take votes from Reagan so they showered him with coverage.