A Field Poll released Thursday carries news that can shock hardly anyone familiar with blue, blue California: In the battle of presumptive major party nominees, Democrat Hillary Clinton, the feckless emailer, holds a huge edge among state voters over Republican Donald Trump, the bombastic bankrupt.
The poll of 956 likely voters surveyed between June 8 and July 2 shows Clinton leading Trump in California by 30 points, 58 percent to 28 percent.
In a two-person race, the former secretary of state leads the real estate mogul in every demographic, geographic and ideological group surveyed except two. Those two: Republicans, who support Trump by 72 percent to 16 percent; and conservatives, who prefer the Republican 60 percent to 26 percent.
A little historical perspective on the size of Clinton's California lead: At this point of the 2012 campaign, the Field Poll found President Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney by 18 points, 55-37 percent.
In 2008, with two non-incumbents going at it, then-Sen. Barack Obama led Republican nominee John McCain by 24 points, 54-30.