WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- Nearly two out of three Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president , according to an average of the most recent national polls . President Obama is still being evaluated on how he does his job , CNN 's polling director says . In a CNN Poll of Polls compiled Thursday , 64 percent of those questioned in various surveys say they approve of how Obama is handling his duties as president . Twenty-eight percent disapprove . The president 's approval rating also stood at 64 percent in a CNN Poll of Polls compiled in January , just after his inauguration . `` Most polls have shown Obama getting fairly high marks on most of the issues he has handled so far , '' CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said . `` One exception has been the way he has handled government assistance to failing banks and automakers . His numbers on the federal deficit are also low in comparison to his approval ratings on the economy and foreign policy . '' So how does Obama compare to his predecessors in the White House around the 100-day mark ? George W. Bush stood at 62 percent in a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll in April 2001 , Bill Clinton was at 55 percent in a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll in April 1993 , George H.W . Bush stood at 58 percent in a Gallup poll from April 1989 , and Ronald Reagan was at 67 percent in a Gallup poll taken in April 1981 . Learn more about previous presidents ' approval ratings » . `` The hundred-day mark tends to fall during a period when Americans are still evaluating a new president . The danger period for most presidents comes later in their first year in office , '' Holland explained . `` Bill Clinton , for example , still had good marks after his first 100 days , but his approval rating had tanked by June of 1993 . Ronald Reagan 's approval rating stayed over 50 percent until November of his first year in office , but once it slipped below that mark , it stayed under 50 percent for two years . So Obama 's current rating certainly does not indicate that he is out of the woods yet . '' The CNN Poll of Polls is an average of three national surveys taken over the past week : Gallup Tracking , Pew and AP/GfK .
under 50 percent of Americans in various polls approve of Holland 's work so far . Rating is similar to recent predecessors ' around 100-day mark . Approval tends to slip later in the year , Gallup polling director says .