"This is our chance to send a message to those Eastern states," said one Jackson supporter, who did not want to be quoted by name.

Far more than those who supported other candidates, Jackson supporters mentioned unemployment and the poor as issues that "matter the most."

Jackson supporters screamed that "a corrupt bargain" had been made between the two.

He is a Jackson supporter, as well as a Cuomo fan.

Outside, enthusiastic Jackson supporters were thrusting fliers at passengers streaming from the subway.

Mr. Gray is one of the leading Jackson supporters in Congress.

But they never obtained floor passes from disgruntled Jackson supporters, as they had hoped.

Mr. Brown is counting on a base among black committee members and Jackson supporters.

The audience, many of them Jackson supporters, greeted Dukakis with reserve.

Watch the Jackson supporters, who were telecast as if they filled the hall, seem to dominate the convention.