Bingo!

Waiting for someone to come along and mention that we're stuck in a two-party system because of 'first past the post' and that ranked choice voting might get us to the point where a third party might be viable in 3... 2... 1...

Oh, wait - looks like I'm that 'someone'.

As for all the coal jobs and coal companies. They're gone. Blame shale oil (AKA 'fracking') as almost all those wells output natural gas as a waste product - the only supply cost would be amortization of building pipelines to the wells. They're flaring enough of this waste gas off now that it's visible from space at night. There are already some pipelines so NG here in NA is way, way seriously cheaper than in Europe - and it's replacing coal just due to the economics - not to mention that NG turbines can 'spin up' quickly, something coal plants can't do.

As a don't-destroy-the-planet benefit NG plants generate about 20% less CO2 per MWH generated, and that fast spin up makes it a better fit with renewables (coal-fired needs to run 24x7). Not to mention the other nasties that come from burning coal.

Hilary could have blamed coal jobs going away on NG (because they are) and focused instead on why the Fed gov't shouldn't give any more money to the 'fat cat' mine owners (you know that's going on, right?) and repurpose that money to bringing industry to coal country. Industry that can use people with coal-country general level of education.

Trivia: the only mine on the planet with pure enough silica for chip-fab smelting ('ten 9s' purity) is in NC. Seems a short hop to, say, WV. Just a thought.

As far as getting voters to believe the Fed gov't might train/retrain them? That ship sailed long ago.