I have been studying for about a month on and off . I don ' t think it ' s worth the time and effort to study and drive out to the nearest test zone , which is like 50 miles away . <| sep |> The thumbnail on this is . terrible <| sep |> It makes sense to me . A personal blog is not allowed here . But by a news organization picking it up and basically rehosting the content , it should mean that the source was verified and meets the standards of news . I would rather have a blog post , even if it is well researched , go through a news site than changing that rule and opening the floodgates . <| sep |> According to this analysisanelectionwith 22 ofthepopularvote , it ' s possible to have 78 % of the popular vote and still lose the electoral college . Granted , this was in 2004 and is using old census data and electoral vote apportionment , so things may be different now , but that ' d likely still be the general range .