The Rock and Mark Zuckerberg are better bets for president than many politicians
It's never too early to talk about who's going to be the next president, especially when the current president is doing everything in his power to undercut his chances of being re-elected (let alone make it through one term).
True to form, Vegas is already all over it as sportsbook Bovada has updated its odds on who will win the 2020 presidential election. While Trump is still the overall favorite, there are some rather unconventional names that have better odds than a lot of familiar political names.
The Rock, for instance, comes in at 66-1 (if you bet $100, you win $6,600). Sure, those feel like long odds. After all, Oprah Winfrey, who shot down rumors she would run for president, comes in at 55-1.
But The Rock, who recently said he'd be open to running, still outranks some notable political 2016 names like Martin O'Malley, Rand Paul, and Jeb Bush -- yes, poor ol' Jeb -- who all sit at 80-1. And The People's Champion also out-distances 2016's attempted third-party spoilers Jill Stein (300-1) and Gary Johnson (500-1).
And, yet, The Rock's odds aren't even as good as that of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is totally not running for president, nope, not at all, not even thinking about it.
The Zuck weighs in at 33-1, which puts him alongside some actual contenders like Republican Senator Marco Rubio, Democratic Senators Kamala Harris and Tim Kaine, and New York gajillionaire Michael Bloomberg, who all share 33-1 odds.
Facebook's Zeus also gets better odds than Republican Senator Ted Cruz (40-1), UN Ambassador Nicki Haley (40-1), Mitt Romney (60-1) and Ohio governor John Kasich (60-1).
Okay, yes, gambling odds should not be taken as astute political analysis. But in the post-Trump-win era, it seems anything is possible and nothing impossible.
After all, a new PPP poll showed that The Rock would beat Trump 42 percent to 37 percent if they went head-to-head, so why not throw down $100 on The Rock winning in 2020?
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
