Presidential Ratings -- The First Lady

Approval of the Way Laura Bush Is Handling Her Job as First Lady

Do you approve or disapprove of the way [ … ] is handling her job as first lady?

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
Michelle Obama
2009 Apr 20-21	79	8	13

Laura Bush
2006 Jan 20-22 ^	82	13	6
2005 Jan 7-9	85	8	7
2003 Jul 18-20	74	9	17

Hillary Clinton
2000 Nov 13-15	66	30	4
2000 Feb 4-6	65	30	5
1999 Nov 18-21	66	30	4
1999 May 23-24	71	23	6
1999 Feb 19-21	80	17	3
1997 Oct 27-29	62	31	7
1997 Jan 10-13	62	34	4
1995 Jan 16-18	54	40	6
1994 Apr 22-24	56	37	7
1994 Mar 7-8	58	39	3
1993 Jan 29-31	67	16	17

Barbara Bush
(not asked)

Nancy Reagan
1988 May 13-15	53	31	16
1987 Apr 10-13	58	23	19
1981 Dec 4-6	57	26	17

Rosalynn Carter
1979 Aug 17-20	59	19	22

Betty Ford
(not asked)

Pat Nixon
1969 Jun 19-24	54	6	40
^ Asked of a half sample

Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them.

Michelle Obama

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2009 Mar 27-29	72%	17	1	10
2009 Jan 9-11	68%	18	*	13
2008 Sep 5-7	54%	30	2	14
2008 Aug 21-23	53%	25	4	18
2008 May 30-Jun 1	43%	30	6	21
* Less than 0.5%

Laura Bush

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2009 Jan 9-11	76%	15	1	8
2006 Jun 23-25	69%	22	1	8
2005 Dec 16-18	73%	13	2	12
2005 Feb 4-6	80%	12	1	7
2004 Oct 22-24 ^	73%	16	1	10
2004 Oct 1-3	74%	16	2	8
2004 Aug 23-25 ^	63%	20	4	13
2003 Jun 9-10	69%	13	7	11
2001 Nov 26-27	77%	7	4	12
2001 Jan 15-16	56%	11	13	20
2000 Aug 4-5	45%	14	17	24
2000 Jun 22-25	34%	8	35	23

^ Asked of a half sample

There has been some discussion of first lady Laura Bush possibly running for the Senate. Would you personally like to see Laura Bush run for the Senate, or not?