The road to the White House is now coming through South Dakota.



It was a full house at the Sioux Falls Convention Center as Bernie Sanders tries to raise votes to get a spot on the democratic ticket.



Around 4,300 people piled into the Sioux Falls Convention Center to watch the Senator from Vermont cover a wide variety of topics. Aside from some boos after Sanders called Sioux Falls ‘Sioux City,’ the crowd was electric throughout his speech.



Sanders talked about things from tuition free education, medicare for all, and raising the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. After his visit to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, he also talked about helping out Native Americans.



Sanders took on his competition Hillary Clinton, talking about her collecting millions of dollars from Wall Street for her campaign. He believes ending big money in politics is crucial.



“What I want is for anybody here – anybody here in South Dakota or Vermont. Anybody who wants to run for office, you’re progressive, you’re conservative, you’re moderate. I want you to be involved. Fight for your ideas without having to beg millionaire for campaign contributions,” Sanders said.



Looking across the crowd, there was a lot of the younger generation. One of them is Jimes Pio, and he says the Senator’s message hits home to young voters.



“He started something that changed a lot of people’s minds around here to a Democrat. Most of his followers are kids like me who are 18, who are going to be in college really soon, believe in everything he says,” Pio said.



Despite the support Thursday night, Sanders still trails Clinton in delegates; but he hopes with events like this he can help turn the campaign around.



If you’re not registered, you have until May 23rd to do so in order to vote in the June 7 primaries. Absentee voting is already underway.



