'Rock' - for president: almost half of Americans want to see a famous actor in the White House

According to a new poll, at least 46% of Americans would support Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the US presidential bid. Writes about it News Week.

The actor and former professional wrestler has hinted that he could be a candidate in 2024. A poll released April 13 by Piplsay shows that nearly half of U.S. adults would elect him. According to the survey, 29% of respondents will support Johnson's campaign for president and actor Matthew McConaughey's campaign for governor of Texas, and another 17% will support Johnson's candidacy only.

In addition to Johnson, respondents were asked to weigh in on whether a number of other celebrities should run for president. The presidential race from Angelina Jolie received 30% support, while 27% of the votes were cast for Oprah Winfrey, 22% for Tom Hanks. Overall, 63% of those surveyed said Hollywood stars “would make good politicians” if they had “political chops” or “the right team.”

The survey was conducted online among 30 adults from April 138-2. The error is not specified.

Johnson has been repeatedly asked if he wants to run for president. In 2016, the actor said that he did not rule out such a development of events, calling the idea of ​​becoming president "tempting." True, then the actor noticed that he "has many other things" that he would like to do in the first place. And a year later, Johnson announced that he was "seriously" considering the possibility of becoming a presidential candidate.

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During his 2018 appearance at The Late Show, Johnson told host Stephen Colbert that he was still thinking about racing. However, he noted that he would need to "gain some experience and understand the politics" before starting. He said he might become a candidate in 2024 or 2028.

The actor, in his words, is interested in striving for the presidency, but assumes that his decision will be based on the level of public interest. Johnson said in February 2021 that the decision about his political future would be "up to the people."

"I would consider a presidential race in the future if that's what people want," Johnson said. - It will depend on them. So I'll wait and listen. I will keep my finger on the pulse."

Johnson supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. He said he did not vote in the 2016 elections, but voted for President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012.

“I’m not sure our Founding Fathers ever imagined that a bald, tattooed, half-African-American, half-Samoan, tequila-drinking, pickup truck-driving, fanny pack guy would join their club. But if that ever happens, I would consider it an honor to serve people,” Johnson wrote.

On a trodden path

If Johnson decides to become president of the United States, then this will not be the first time that an actor or other cultural figure goes into politics. Of course, the most famous are the actor and 40th US President Ronald Reagan, the actor and Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and the former comedian, and now the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ronald Reagan

In 2018, the former Hollywood actor was voted the best U.S. president of all time. Reagan started out as a radio host, first appeared on screen at the age of 26, and eventually became vice president of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1937 to 1965 he starred in 81 films. In 1967 he became governor of California, then continued his political career. As president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, he promoted a new economic policy, which, thanks to Reagan's unconventional approach, was called "Reagonomics."

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

The most famous bodybuilder in the world and the youngest "Mr. Olympia" began acting in films at the age of 22. In the first film where he played ("Hercules in New York"), the name of the aspiring actor is not in the credits. He was introduced there as Arnold Strong (the producers found Arnie's own surname difficult to pronounce). Schwarzenegger became famous in 1982, when he starred in "Conan the Barbarian", and already in 1984 the first "Terminator" was released, after which he staked out a place in the Hollywood pantheon. Schwarzenegger's popularity led him to the place of Governor of California, where the Governator, as he was dubbed by the media, served from 2003 to 2011. In a responsible post, Iron Arnie legalized the possession of marijuana, cut government spending, refused a salary of $ 15 thousand per month, argued with George W. Bush criticizing the war in Iraq.

Vladimir Zelensky

On New Year's Eve 2019, Zelenskiy announced that he was running for the presidency of Ukraine. Before being elected head of state, he was widely known as a comedian, producer and screenwriter. He was the captain of the KVN 95th Kvartal team, and then the founder and artistic director of the Kvartal-95 studio. He began to take part in KVN during his school years. And after graduating from school he joined the team "Young Kryvyi Rih". Since then, his career has skyrocketed, and he has become a very famous showman.

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