Just weeks ago, the thought of African Americans supporting Donald Trump’s candidacy for president appeared to be a pipe dream.

Now, the real estate mogul-turned Republican presidential nominee is making inroads in the black community, some of whose members may be growing skeptical of Hillary Clinton.

According to the New York Post, Trump has seen a significant spike in support among likely African American voters.

A new Los Angeles Times/University of Southern California tracking poll shows that 19.6 percent of blacks back the New York billionaire.

A new poll shows that GOP nominee Donald Trump (right) is attracting more African American support than before, though Hillary Clinton (left) still commands an overwhelming majority

That is a marked improvement from the 3.1 percent support he had on September 10.

Clinton, meanwhile, has seen a sharp drop in black support – from 90.4 percent on September 10 to just 71.4 percent this week.

The pollster said that the dip in support for Clinton began on September 11, the day that she was seen struggling to walk into a Secret Service van.

When Clinton aides later acknowledged that she was suffering from pneumonia, questions about the candidate's health began to take center stage in the campaign.

The latest figures are consistent with the most up-to-date polling that shows Clinton and Trump in a virtual tie.

A newly released CBS News Battleground Tracker Poll showed that Clinton and Trump both stand at 42 percent support.

Last week, Clinton was leading her Republican rival by 1 point. And over Labor Day weekend she was besting Trump by 2.

Pollsters looked at surveys from New Hampshire, and then Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, along with Florida and Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina and the Western trio of Arizona, Nevada and Colorado – 13 states total.

The race looks pretty well baked, according to the likely with voters surveyed, with 73 percent saying they felt very strongly about their choice and another 19 percent saying they probably wouldn't change candidates. Just 7 percent said they felt 'somewhat strong,' and thus could still change their minds.

More than half, 55 percent, of voters surveyed in those states want to see 'big changes' in the economy and politics in coming years, while another 43 percent would like to see some changes.

Just 2 percent were OK with there not being much change.

So while a huge majority would like to see change, voters were split on many other issues.

For example, 39 percent said the economy was fairly good, while another 37 percent said the economy was fairly bad.

Among those who thought the economy was good, the biggest chunk, 48 percent, gave credit to President Obama for giving it a boost, with very few, 5 percent, saying Congress was a 'big reason' for its improvement.

Those who thought the economy was bad blamed Obama the most, 67 percent, followed by Americans' inability to find jobs, 60 percent. Fifty-four percent said Congress was a big reason too.

When respondents were asked their opinion of what they thought when they hear the economy has improved, 42 percent responded that maybe that's the case for some, but 'it's not for people like me.'

Another 53 percent said they don't hear people saying the economy has improved.