The Polls: Public Attitudes toward the First Lady

During Hillary Clinton's First Ladyship, public and poll interest in the First Lady surged as a function of Mrs. Clinton's active public, political, and policy presence. Does such an active First Lady have consequences for public evaluations of the president? I address this question by looking at “job approval” poll data on the First Lady and President Clinton. Although their polls are highly correlated, no causal connection between public evaluations of the First Lady and the president seems to exist.