Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's prospects

[struggle4progress]

... We also looked at Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's prospects if he were to run for President as a Democrat. 36% of voters see Johnson favorably to 13% with a negative view of him, although 50% of voters have no opinion about him either way. Both Democrats (38/15) and Republicans (31/17) see him positively. Johnson would lead Trump 42/37 in a prospective contest, and wins over 15% of people who supported Trump last fall.

Public Policy Polling surveyed 692 registered voters between May 12th and 14th. The margin of error is +/- 3.7%. 80% of participants, selected through a list based sample, responded via the phone, while 20% of respondents who did not have landlines conducted the survey over the internet through an opt-in internet panel.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2017/PPP_Release_National_51617.pdf

[EllieBC]

1. No.

WWE is one of my guilty pleasures. And I loved The Rock.

But please no more celebrity politicians. Just give me a boring, traditional, typical, politician.

[luvMIdog]

5. ditto

[Saboburns]

2. I love Dwayne Johnson

I think Dwayne Johnson is extremely intelligent, he is very friendly, charming even. He is funny as hell, a talented entertainer, good father and husband.

But that Americans think that media figures would be good Governmental employees says quite a bit about this country.

[Doremus]

21. People are desperate for someone, anyone, to pull us out of this mess.

There are so few career politicians one can admire today, sadly.

[Zoonart]

3. Jeebus Rice!

Is ANYONE paying attention? Do we really want to sped one second discussing running another political neophyte to head the government.
Experience counts for something.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. With all due respect, no.

Nothing against The Rock--he's a fairly entertaining actor and I've enjoyed several of his movies--but can we put aside the notion of a political novice celebrity (or business person, for that matter) running for President.

It does not "take one to beat one". Really, it doesn't.

Just give me someone smart, competent, engaging with a good working sense of the ins-and-outs of government.

We're not living in a reality show.

[heaven05]

6. I hope he

stays in acting. That is his contribution to culture...period.

[Thula1]

16. n

Yes like Schwartzenegger

[octoberlib]

7. Johnson's a registered Republican

and the National Review had an article a couple days ago extolling his virtues. Good God, no. Republicans are so desperate they'll try to get him to run. I don't think the Rock will like the cut in pay.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. He doesn't strike me as a Republican

but then again, neither did Arnie. Based on his policy stances, Arnie was overall pretty progressive for a Republican. Are him and Johnson Republicans basically just because of their monstrous wealth and (probable) desire for tax cuts?


Nonetheless, I agree with most of the people here that we need to get back to having sane and competent leadership in DC again after we somehow manage to clean out DC from the Trump disaster in 2020 (at the latest), though I think that Republicans have completely lost the moral high ground to complain about pretty much anybody's qualifications to be POTUS at this point and I honestly can't imagine how we get somebody worse than Trump in the WH (but then again I thought that too about GWB and boy was I wrong).

[angrychair]

8. With all due respect to Mr. Johnson

I like the guy. I do.

But after republican45, having an actual TV wrestling personality as president hits a lot closer to a Terry Cruz 'Idiocracy' feel and I just couldn't vote for him.

[DetlefK]

9. What about wrestler and adult-movie actor Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?

[lunasun]

10. Idiocracy

[oberliner]

11. Please, no

Embarrassing even to think about.

[LenaBaby61]

12. ENOUGH already PPP.....

NO MORE rethuglican, reality-type folks in the White House. Take that poll and put it where the sun don't shine.

IF you smell what I'm cooking

[struggle4progress]

20. PPP sometimes enjoys adding off-beat questions to their polls

They're the folks who asked a few years back about bombing Agrabah; and last year they tried to gauge support for "Giant Meteor" as a 2016 Presidential candidate

[FigTree]

13. How about any of the actors who played President?

Since this whole charade increasingly becomes a show, might as well get a real actor.

[DetlefK]

15. How about Kevin Kline. He played an actor who played an actor who played the President.

The movie "Dave".

[LeftInTX]

19. How about Martin Sheen?

I think he's liberal.

How about Kevin Spacey?
He's a Dem. He could run on president with the slogan: "I'm more evil than Trump".

Or George Clooney.
I don't know if he's ever played a president, but he looks the part.

[rock]

17. I (naturally) like him as a movie star

But doesn't our current president make a great case against the unknowledgeable in a professional job.

[LeftInTX]

18. I can't believe they polled this...

I guess they're looking at the mindset of voters.

[FigTree]

22. And you can go there for the full monty:

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/other-politics/us-politics/US%2dPresidential%2dElection%2d2020-11346551.html
Enjoy!

[NickB79]

23. If he ran, he'd win, just like Jesse Ventura did here in MN

I have the displeasure of saying I voted for him, along with a huge contingent of fellow college students at the time. The idea of Governor "The Body" Ventura was a very alluring draw for young, low-information voters at the time, and I'm not so sure it would be any different this time around with President "The Rock" Johnson.