Time is growing short, and each voter must dig deep to vote his/her conscience on Tuesday. After the Iowa caucus fiasco, it is incumbent upon New Hampshire voters to lead the process of dismantling the clear and present dangers posed by the Trump administration.

There are many questions which I cannot answer surrounding the issue of “electability.” We must vote consistent with the manner in which our values and aspirations most closely align with the candidate, without regard for race, gender or the notions of “electability” tossed around by pundits.

We should not lose sight of the need to elect upstanding candidates locally and nationally. A Senate brimming with spineless Republican bootlickers will not be conducive to making progress in any forthcoming Democratic administration. Millions of nonvoters in the last election need to understand that elections do matter, and they need to negotiate the labyrinth of voter suppression mechanisms to get out the vote.

In the meantime, I strongly support the candidacy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She is unapologetically progressive on the issues, and has elevated her anti-corruption efforts to the highest priority. There will be no progress with health care or climate change if special interests continue to run amok. In a debate setting, she would expose Trump’s vile and contemptuous gibberish as the poorly informed non sequiturs that they are. The Democrats are blessed with a deep bench of superb candidates, but Elizabeth Warren should start the game.

ROBERT KIEFNER

Concord