Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, the self-described climate candidate, announced on Wednesday night his decision to drop out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. His departure was greeted by claims this his lackluster results in opinion polls proved that climate change doesn’t move Democratic voters. Nate Silver, editor in chief of FiveThrityEight, became one of the first to make the case: Inslee, who could never improve on ~1% in the polls despite an intense focus on climate change, is a datapoint against the proposition that Democrats' votes are deeply motivated by policy concerns.