Assess students' ability to apply major voter behavior theories—rational choice, sociological/resource models, socioeconomic status, political mobilization, and partisan/psychological explanations—to account for turnout variation in recent U.S. midterm elections (e.g., 2014–2022). Task requires interpreting turnout data or brief case studies across states and demographic groups, evaluating institutional and contextual factors (voter laws, mail voting, mobilization efforts, salient issues), comparing competing theoretical explanations, and producing an evidence-based argument linking specific mechanisms to observed increases or declines in turnout.