Among younger Black voters, aged 18 to 49, Harris's support drops further, with just 56 percent backing her candidacy.
The NAACP poll found that 40 percent of respondents cited economic issues as their highest priority for elected officials, while 53 percent said protecting rights and freedoms was their primary concern.
Undecided voters could pose a challenge. While 59 percent of respondents overall reported a more favorable view of Harris over the past month, only 14 percent of undecided voters shared this view, with 25 percent of undecided voters saying that their opinion of her had worsened.
This points to potential vulnerabilities that the Harris campaign will need to address as they work to lock down support from the Black voting bloc.
Harris' support among Black voters, while strong, lags behind previous Democratic candidates.
A Suffolk University poll from earlier in September showed she held a 64-point lead over former President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump).
This figure is lower than [Joe Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/joe-biden)'s 2020 lead, which stood at 78 points, and significantly behind [Hillary Clinton](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/hillary-clinton)'s 88-point lead in 2016.
With razor-thin margins expected in key swing states, even a small erosion in Black voter support could be critical.
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