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That’s a really interesting point. It does seem that we’ve (the US) got a long tradition of the First Lady (and First Gentleman once the time comes) taking a big role in politics.

At the risk of sounding ignorant, do most other countries require their president-equivalent to live in a government building? If not, perhaps that’s a contributing factor?

>>schrod+(OP)
In Brazil, there is an official residence for the Pres. and their family, but they could choose to live in some other official building. Pres. Collor (1991--1992) lived in "Casa da Dinda", instead if "Palacio da Alvorada".