{"id":116513,"date":"2025-08-28T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/116513\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:08:11","slug":"dwayne-the-rock-johnson-leads-kamala-harris-as-2028-democratic-presidential-candidate-on-polymarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/116513\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Leads Kamala Harris as 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate on Polymarket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the WWE wrestler-turned-actor, has surpassed former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as the leading Democratic contender for the 2028 presidential race on the decentralized betting platform Polymarket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As of now, shares betting “yes” on Johnson’s victory are trading at 7 cents, implying a 7% chance of the multi-millionaire actor winning the nomination. This places him fourth in the race, behind Gavin Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Pete Buttigieg.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, traders priced in a 5% probability of Harris winning the bid, placing her in the 5th spot alongside Andy Beshear. Traders also see 1% chance of Tim Waltz, Michelle Obama and Mark Cuban emerging victorious.<\/p>\n

Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market platform that enables users to speculate on the outcome of real-world events, such as elections and asset price movements, by trading shares representing different outcomes.<\/p>\n

The betting platform announced Tuesday that it has secured an investment from venture capital firm 1789 Capital and Donald Trump Jr<\/a>, son of the U.S. President, as a member of its advisory board.<\/p>\n

\"Democratic<\/p>\n

Democratic presidential nominee 2028. (Polymarket) <\/p>\n

I was asked to run for President<\/p>\n

In 2023, Johnson disclosed that multiple parties approached him too see if he would run for U.S. President after a poll showed that 46% of Americans would support his run in the White House.<\/p>\n

“That was an interesting poll that happened and I was really moved by that,” Johnson said. “I was really blown away and I was really honored. I’ll share this little bit with you: at the end of the year in 2022, I got a visit from the parties asking me if I was going to run, and if I could run,” Johnson said<\/a> on Trevor Noah’s new Spotify podcast, What Now?<\/p>\n

The Rock, who has described himself as a centrist and political independent, endorsed Joe Biden in the lead-up to the 2020 election but refused to do the same last year.<\/p>\n

The actor is not only a Hollywood superstar but also a social media marketing powerhouse, boasting 392 million followers on Instagram. His pro-wrestling career showcased unmatched “promo skills,” which could come in handy if he decides to pursue a political campaign.<\/p>\n

Read more: Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital Takes Stake in Prediction Market Polymarket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the WWE wrestler-turned-actor, has surpassed former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as the leading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,75489,88,112,58007,452],"class_list":["post-116513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dwayne-the-rock-johnson","tag-entertainment","tag-markets","tag-polymarket","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}