CNN correspondent Danny Freeman questioned Democratic South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn on Friday about whether the Democratic coalition is facing challenges with young Black voters.

Vice President Kamala Harris currently holds a 55-point lead over Republican nominee Donald Trump among Black voters under 60, which is lower than President Joe Biden’s 71-point lead in 2020, according to a CNN/SSRS poll from Thursday. Clyburn dismissed concerns about the declining support, expressing confidence that Harris will secure over 95% of the vote among that demographic.

“So when you’re looking at this generational divide … do you fear that this could be a sign of a larger, longer-term problem for the Democratic coalition if they’re losing the support of younger black voters, particularly black men?” Freeman asked.

“I don’t know that we’re losing support with younger black men, I talk to them all the time,” Clyburn said. “I hang out on HBCU campuses. I deal with the youth council of the NAACP all across this country. We are having an issue connecting with these young people where they hang out. They don’t hang out the way us older people used to hang out. We have to meet people where they are. So I think that we’re beginning to see is that Kamala Harris is doing great job of now with digital connection, which needs to be done if you’re gonna get to these young people and I think that’s going to improve.”

Trump is performing best among Black voters under 40, securing 22% support, according to a CNN poll. The former president has made historic gains among Black voters for a Republican nominee, while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have seen their support from this demographic decline compared to past elections.

Harris leads Trump among likely Black voters with 79% to 16% support, according to CNN. Her 63-point lead has decreased from the 2020 election, where Biden held a 75-point lead among Black voters, as per exit polls from that year.

Among Black voters aged 60, Harris holds an 87-point lead, just slightly ahead of Biden’s 85-point margin in 2020.

The poll surveyed 2,074 registered voters between September 19-22, with a 3% margin of error for the full sample. The oversample of Black registered voters included 579 respondents, with a margin of error of 7.8%.

Clyburn’s endorsement of Biden during the 2020 Democratic primary is widely credited for Biden’s significant victory in the South Carolina primary, where he won 61% of the Black vote. A majority of Black voters, 60%, cited Clyburn’s endorsement as a key factor in their choice.

Prior to Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race on July 21, his lead among Black voters under 50 had dropped from over 80 points in 2020 to 37 points, according to CNN’s Harry Enten in June.