Exactly.
I live in CA too.
We have one of the last primaries in the country, in June.
By the time we get to vote it is over.
Don’t feel bad. It’s over before the primaries start. The Republican establishment decides who the nominee is and pulls all sorts of shenanigans at the county and state level to make sure their boy (or gal) wins. The primaries are for hopeless suckers who think they have a say in the matter.