Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the wrestler who became an actor of WWE, exceeded the former American vice-president Kamala Harris as the main Democratic candidate for the 2028 presidential race on the decentralized Paris platform Polymarket.
Currently, the actions that bet “yes” on Johnson’s victory are negotiated at 7 cents, which implies a chance of 7% that the multimillionaire actor wins the appointment. This places him fourth in the race, behind Gavin Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pete Buttigieg.
Meanwhile, merchants evaluated a 5% probability that Harris won the offer, placing it in 5th place alongside Andy Beshear. Traders also see 1% like Tim Waltz, Michelle Obama and Mark Cuban emerging victorious.
Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market platform which allows users to speculate on the result of real events, such as the elections and movements of the prices of assets, by negotiating actions representing different results.
The Paris platform announced Tuesday that it had obtained an investment from the venture capital company 1789 Capital and Donald Trump JR, son of the American president, as a member of his advisory council.
I was asked to introduce myself to the presidency
In 2023, Johnson revealed that several parties approached him too, if he would appear for the American president after a survey showed that 46% of Americans would support his race in the White House.
“It was an interesting survey that happened and I was really moved by it,” said Johnson. “I was really breathtaking and I was really honored. I will share this little piece with you: at the end of the year in 2022, I received a visit from the games asking me if I was going to run, and if I could run,” said Johnson on the new Podcast by Trevor Noah, what now?
The rock, who described himself as a centrist and an independent political, approved Joe Biden in the performance of the 2020 elections, but refused to do the same thing last year.
The actor is not only a Hollywood superstar, but also a marketing power of social media, with 392 million followers on Instagram. His pro-trailer career has presented unmatched “promotional skills”, which could be useful if he decided to pursue a political campaign.
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