Whites and Republicans are the angriest groups in the United States and nearly half of Americans overall are angry, according to a survey.

About 49 percent of Americans are angrier now about current events compared to a year ago, according to the results of the new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll.

And 54 percent of whites said they got angrier in the past year compared to 43 percent of Latinos and 33 percent of African-Americans.

In the survey, 73 percent of whites said they get angry at least once a day compared with 66 percent of Hispanics and 56 percent of blacks, NBC News reported.

Republicans are angrier than Democrats with 61 percent and 42 percent, respectively.

Republicans, according to Esquire, are angriest about Congress being dysfunctional (80 percent); massive consumer fraud (80 percent); and cops shooting an unarmed black man (65 percent). Democrats are angriest about cops shooting an unarmed black man (84 percent); massive consumer fraud (83 percent); and billionaire vowing to spend $500 million on 2016 elections (80 percent).

On the question "Which groups have a right to be angry about how they're treated?," the respondents said: evangelical Christians 19 percent; Muslims 34 percent; atheists 16 percent; Blacks 47 percent; women 42 percent; Hispanics 37 percent; white men 18 percent; LGBT individuals 45 percent; and none of the above 26 percent.

Women came out slightly angrier than men, 53 percent versus 44 percent, and 58 percent of white women were angrier than non-white women who scored 44 percent.

On the issue of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' decision to refuse to grant marriage licences to same-sex couples based on her religious beliefs, 61 percent of respondents opposed her decision while 24 percent supported her with 13 percent saying they were "not sure."

Esquire said "a majority of Davis supporters believe the U.S. is no longer the Christian nation it once was."

Overall, 52 percent of Americans said the idea of the "American dream" no longer holds true. The most pessimistic about this are Americans between 45 and 64 years old who are thinking about retirement.

About 54 percent said their financial situation is worse off that they thought it would be, saying it is harder today to succeed than it used to be, NBC News said.