“I feel like we’ve been disenfranchised by the two party system since Citizens United,” Denney said of the court decision allowing more corporate funding of campaigns.

She supports Johnson in part because she believes he is the only candidate who would take serious action regarding college debt.

Nicole Preble, 47, remains undecided on her vote for president, and came to the Johnson rally to see if he offered anything better. “Honestly I’m amazed we’ve gotten to the place we’re in now. I think Donald Trump is an indication of how fed up the American people are.”

Republican state Rep. Lynn DiSanto of Rapid City was among a small group waving signs outside the Johnson rally, saying she supports Trump because he would run government like a business.

Asked about Trump's taped derogatory statements on women, DiSanto said: “I am more concerned about what Hillary Clinton is doing right now than what Donald Trump said 20 years ago.”

In the moments before taking the stage, Johnson said he supports the Dakota Access pipeline, but would have issues with it if government used eminent domain to seize property from local landowners.