With nearly two months to go before California’s primary election in June, many California voters are already getting out a message in support of their favorite candidates.For Sacramento-area supporters of Donald Trump, that enthusiasm displayed itself in a brief march on the streets of downtown Saturday."I've never supported a candidate, went out to a rally or nothing in my life,” said Tim Manley, a 57-year-old Trump supporter who was not deterred by Saturday’s wet weather. “So, there's a lot of people like me that I'm meeting."Though they were small in number – 10 people took part in the march in the rain – they elicited a lot of reaction downtown, from honks of support to offensive hand gestures.Meanwhile, supporters of Democrat Bernie Sanders gathered at the county’s Democratic Party headquarters downtown to be trained in helping others to register to vote and to take part in a phone bank.Sanders’ supporters are busy calling voters in New York, a key primary state where voters will cast a ballot April 19."Direct voter contact really is moving and it's effective,” said Andee Sunderland, a Sanders supporter. "You get to kind of talk to your own community and build your own convictions about your candidate."The political activity in California, still isolated to candidates’ most active supporters, will grow larger and gain more attention very soon.Candidates on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the presidential race are expected to campaign heavily in delegate-rich California before the primary, which takes place June 7.The election has been drawing larger numbers of Californians to register to vote earlier in the year.

With nearly two months to go before California’s primary election in June, many California voters are already getting out a message in support of their favorite candidates.

For Sacramento-area supporters of Donald Trump, that enthusiasm displayed itself in a brief march on the streets of downtown Saturday.


"I've never supported a candidate, went out to a rally or nothing in my life,” said Tim Manley, a 57-year-old Trump supporter who was not deterred by Saturday’s wet weather. “So, there's a lot of people like me that I'm meeting."

Though they were small in number – 10 people took part in the march in the rain – they elicited a lot of reaction downtown, from honks of support to offensive hand gestures.

Meanwhile, supporters of Democrat Bernie Sanders gathered at the county’s Democratic Party headquarters downtown to be trained in helping others to register to vote and to take part in a phone bank.

Sanders’ supporters are busy calling voters in New York, a key primary state where voters will cast a ballot April 19.

"Direct voter contact really is moving and it's effective,” said Andee Sunderland, a Sanders supporter. "You get to kind of talk to your own community and build your own convictions about your candidate."

The political activity in California, still isolated to candidates’ most active supporters, will grow larger and gain more attention very soon.

Candidates on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the presidential race are expected to campaign heavily in delegate-rich California before the primary, which takes place June 7.

The election has been drawing larger numbers of Californians to register to vote earlier in the year.