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Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed

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Julian Zelizer : Donald Trump's margin of victory looks to be much smaller than initially anticipated.

He says only five popular vote winners in U.S. history will have prevailed by smaller percentage margins than Trump .

Trump still leads in the popular vote, but he's lost his ability to suggest he trounced the Democrat , Zelizer says.

Julian Zelizer : Trump 's victory was not of “epic” or “historic” proportions.

He says it gives Democrats an understanding of how to respond to Trump 's claims of a “powerful” mandate.

Zelizer says the numbers are better for the Democrats than what was recorded on election night .