--- title: People Really Want The Rock to Run for President description: Fans held up signs showing their support for the 'Ballers' star as a third-party candidate during the Democratic National Convention. canonical: https://time.com/4424234/people-really-want-the-rock-to-run-for-president/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T18:18:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:48.451Z og:title: People Really Want The Rock to Run for President og:description: The actor and social media star is slyly leaving his political options open. og:url: https://time.com/4424234/people-really-want-the-rock-to-run-for-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Really Want The Rock to Run for President twitter:description: The actor and social media star is slyly leaving his political options open. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Really Want the Rock to Run for President > Sponsored content. 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The actor, former wrestler and general media superstar (his [newly launched YouTube channel](http://time.com/4411344/the-rock-youtube-channel/?iid=sr-link1) already has nearly one million subscribers) doesn’t have a political history, per se. But he sure is popular. At the Democratic National Convention on Monday, fans held up signs showing their support for the _Ballers_ star as an alternate candidate in this year’s contentious race. It’s not totally out of left field: earlier this spring, he admitted [that he finds the political arena attractive.](http://time.com/4355140/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-president/?iid=sr-link1) “I’ll be honest, I haven’t ruled politics out,” he said. “I can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring.” Looks like he’s still digging the idea, as he posted this still of his fans at the DNC in Philadelphia on his Instagram, adding the hashtag #PresidentRock… and racking up over 500 thousand likes in less than a day. He also reweeted a fan’s photo of the sign, joking about his connection with President Obama. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/757994644596752386) This isn’t the first time he’s played into his political popularity on social media, either; he’s also Tweeted that “maybe one day” he’d consider the campaign trail. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/713338883187032064) But for now, it looks like he’s comfortable ruling pretty much [all of Hollywood’s blockbusters](http://time.com/4351858/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-doc-savage-movie/?iid=sr-link2)… and not bothering with running the entire free world. 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