A new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll finds that 49% of Americans said they find themselves feeling angrier now about current events than they were one year ago. Whites are the angriest, with 54% saying they have grown more outraged over the past year.
The poll also found Republicans are angrier than Democrats. Sixty-one percent of Republicans say current events irk them more today than a year ago, compared to 42% of Democrats.
