Independents may feel the Bern, but they can't vote in New York's closed primary

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Clinton has been winning/is expected to win

all of the big state primaries. Bernie has certainly racked up some good wins recently, albeit in smaller state caucuses, which has barely moved the needle in his direction. The nomination is essentially out of Bernie's reach at this point. If he wants to take it to the convention and fight for concessions or something, that's his choice but the majority of Democratic voters seem to prefer Hillary. Once the convention is over, left-leaning independents will HAVE to choose between (likely) Hillary and Donald Trump/Ted Cruz/John Kasich and there is no way in this reality or beyond to convince me or anybody else that a Hillary Presidency will be the same as (or worse than) a radical Republican Presidency lead by the aforementioned GOPers- even though it may not be everything that Bernie supporters think that it should be. I should also remind people that sitting at home and/or voting for Nader and helping enable Bush to win in 2000 didn't help us move the ball down further down the field on progressive issues for eight long years and refusing to vote for Hillary in the GE (if she is the nominee) will only help make it easier for Republicans to take the Presidency and hold Congress, giving us another 4-8 years of radical Republican policies, SCOTUS appointments, and foreign policy disasters and embarrassments, not to mention ZERO movement on progressive policy goals.