A new South Carolina poll shows South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS warn that foreign hackers will likely spread disinformation around election results | Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day | Trump to meet with Republican state officials on tech liability shield MORE (D) with zero percent support among likely primary voters who are African American, a crucial Democratic voting bloc in the early primary state.

The Post and Courier-Change Research Poll, released Sunday, shows former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Democratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida Harris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle MORE with a comfortable lead among black voters with 58 percent, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersOutrage erupts over Breonna Taylor grand jury ruling Dimon: Wealth tax 'almost impossible to do' Grand jury charges no officers in Breonna Taylor death MORE (I-Vt.) in second place with 15 percent and Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Nearly 40 Democratic senators call for climate change questions in debates Joe Biden has long forgotten North Carolina: Today's visit is too late MORE (D-Calif.) in third place with 12 percent. Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has not announced a run, polls ahead of Buttigieg with 2 percent among black Palmetto State Democrats, who comprise 61 percent of Democratic voters in the state.

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Despite his rapid rise in the crowded Democratic primary field, Buttigieg recently came under scrutiny over the revelation that he had used the phrase “all lives matter” during a controversy involving the South Bend Police Department. Activists have said the phrase minimizes hardships faced specifically by African Americans.

Buttigieg fares better among white voters in the state, where the poll puts his support at 18 percent to Biden’s 38 percent, and among Democratic voters as a whole, where he comes in fourth with eight percent. Biden has a commanding lead in the state as a whole and with its black voters, leading the field with 46 percent to Sanders’s 15 percent and Harris’s 10 percent. While Biden has led most polling and in many surveys has seen a polling bump since his formal campaign announcement April 25, pollsters said the former vice president’s post-announcement bump was higher in South Carolina than in other areas of the country, according to the newspaper.

“He’s always been popular in South Carolina and always maintained good relationships here, so people were really excited about him getting in,” Kenneth Glover, chairman of the Orangeburg County Democratic Party, told The Post and Courier.

The poll was conducted among 595 likely Democratic primary voters from May 6 to May 9, and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points, according to the newspaper.