For those not voting because "my vote doesn't matter"

I've had this line of discussion with several people now (friends and family) where they were ardently against voting because mathematically, their vote just doesn't matter. In nearly every case I've had success with this one simple line of reasoning:

Lack of voter turnout is a huge problem in this country, and especially this state. I know there's almost zero chance of my vote swinging the election one way or the other, but I'd rather be a part of the solution than part of the problem.

That's it. One friend responded just hours after texting something similar with a selfie of him with his "I Voted" sticker. An elderly family member just voted for only the 2nd time in their lives.

I think what makes this effective is that once presented with being part of the solution or part of the problem, they have no choice but to be one or the other. Doing nothing *is* making a choice to be part of the problem. “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. 🎶”

What I think _doesn't_ work all that well is digging in on the math/statistics part of it. No talk of the Bush/Gore 537 votes in Florida or John Fetterman's single vote win in his mayoral race has ever convinced anyone I know. But being *part* of something, part of a solution, seems to work.

So if you have any holdout friends or family who are registered but aren't voting "because math", this might be worth a try.