2020 Democratic dropouts exerting more influence than when they were in the race

Published September 6, 2019 4:00am ET



Former presidential hopefuls Jay Inslee and Eric Swalwell seem to have more influence on the state of the Democratic presidential primary now that they are out of the race, with top contenders now embracing climate and gun control policies that they championed.

Inslee, governor of Washington, centered his campaign on the threat of global climate change and released multiple long, detailed plans that included trillions of dollars in investment and development, closing all the country’s coal plants by 2030 and achieving net-zero U.S. carbon emissions by 2045.

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