WASHINGTON - (AP) -- Hispanics tend to identify more with Democrats and generally favor them on domestic issues, but many haven't decided what they think of President Bush and approve of his position on tax cuts and school vouchers, says a new poll.

The CBS-New York Times poll suggested Hispanics lean toward a Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential race, but many remain undecided.

When Hispanic registered voters were asked whether they would vote for Bush or a Democratic candidate for president, 21 percent said Bush, 31 percent said a Democrat and 45 percent were undecided.

Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to prefer tax cutting to reducing the size of the deficit. And they were more inclined to support tax-supported vouchers to send children to private schools.

And on social issues like abortion and gay relations, the poll showed Hispanics tend to be more conservative than non-Hispanics.

But by almost a 2-1 margin, Hispanics were inclined to say the Democratic Party comes closer to representing their values. Asked which party cares more about the needs of Hispanics, 50 percent said Democrats, and 19 percent said Republicans. One in five said they didn't know.

Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to say they want a bigger government that offers more services. And they overwhelmingly support affirmative action, by a 76-14 margin, while non-Hispanics were split on the topic.

Hispanics were significantly more likely than non-Hispanics to be worried about the possibility of losing their jobs in the next year.

About half of Hispanics have an opinion about the president personally, and they tend to like him by a 2-1 margin. More than four in 10 didn't offer an opinion of Bush.

More than half, 52 percent of Hispanics, approve of the job he's doing.

The poll of 3,092 adults, including 1,074 Hispanics, was taken July 13-27 and has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the non-Hispanic sample and 4 percentage points for Hispanics.