A survey done by NBC News, Survey Monkey, and Esquire found that half of Americans are angry, with the angriest being Whites and Republicans. Republicans, huh? Typical.
Over half of Americans feel angrier about current issues than they did a year ago. White people have grown the most in anger, with 54 percent saying their anger has grown over the last year. 43 percent of Latinos have grown angrier, while only 33 percent of African-Americans feel angrier than they did a year ago.
The poll also found that close to 75 percent of white people get angry once a day compared to 66 percent of Latinos and 56 percent of African-Americans.
With regard to Republicans and Democrats, it seems like Republicans have the biggest chip on their shoulders. 61 percent of Republicans feel angrier about current events than they did a year ago, compared to 42 percent of Democrats.
There’s also a difference in what each group gets mad about. Republicans rated consumer fraud and congressional dysfunction as the things that irk them most. Democrats, who tend to be more human and compassionate, listed the shooting of unarmed black men by police as the issue that made them most mad.
In terms of gender, anger differs as well. 53 percent of females consider themselves angry, while only 44 percent of men claimed to be angry.
Even the idea of “The American Dream” has been hit. As many as 53 percent of Americans have become disillusioned with “The American Dream” and have come to realize that it doesn’t exist. The most pessimistic group of people are those between 45 and 64 who disagree that hard work alone can get one ahead in America.
54 percent of Americans say their financial situation is worse off than last year due to it being harder to succeed than it was previously.
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