Dwayne “The Rock” Actor Johnson, who turned WWE wrestler, surpassed former US vice president Kamala Harris as the leading Democratic candidate for the 2028 presidential election on decentralized betting platform Polymeruk.
As of now, stocks betting “yes” on Johnson’s victory are trading for 7 cents, meaning a 7% chance of millions of actors getting nominations. This puts him in fourth in the race, behind Gavin Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pete Battiguig.
Meanwhile, traders have a 5% chance of Harris winning the bid, tied for Andy Besher, in fifth place. Traders are also seen with a 1% chance of Tim Waltz, Michelle Obama and Mark Cuba winning.
Polymarket is a decentralized forecasting market platform that allows you to infer the outcome of real-world events, such as elections and asset price movements, by trading stocks that represent different outcomes.
The betting platform announced Tuesday that it has secured investments from venture capital firm 1789 Capital and Donald Trump JR, the son of the US president, as a member of the advisory board.
Democratic Presidential Candidate 2028 (Poly)
I was asked to run for president
In 2023, Johnson revealed that multiple parties approached him after polls showed 46% of Americans support his run in the White House.
“It was an interesting poll and I was really moved by it,” Johnson said. “I was really honoured and I was blown away. I shared a bit with you. At the end of the year 2022, I visited from a party asking if I would run and if I could run.”
Locke, who described himself as a centrist and political independence, supported Joe Biden for the 2020 election, but refused to do the same last year.
Not only is the actor a Hollywood superstar, he is also a social media marketing powerhouse, boasting 392 million followers on Instagram. His professional wrestling career introduced his unparalleled “promotional skills.”
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