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Who's angry? White, female Republicans

By Nick Gass

The Americans most likely to say they find themselves feeling more angry at the news in 2015 than in the previous year skewed white, Republican and female.

That's according to the results of a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey/Esquire online poll released Sunday, which found that differences in race, party identification and gender account for differences in what produces the most angry reaction.

Overall, 49 percent of all respondents said they found themselves feeling angrier at the headlines. That share is higher among whites (54 percent) and lower among African-Americans (33 percent) and Latinos (43 percent).

Women were more likely to say current events made them get angry — 53 percent said that, compared with 44 percent of men. Women were more likely to express frustration over police violence against unarmed blacks and campaign finance abuses, while men were more likely than women to be angry about same-sex marriage and global warming.

Among Republicans, 61 percent said the past year of news made them more angry, while just 42 percent of Democrats responded that way. More than three in four Republicans and two in three Democrats said they get angry at least once a day. Shown a series of fake headlines, 80 percent of Republicans said the headline "Congress: More Dysfunctional Than Ever" made them angriest, while 84 percent of Democrats were most touched off by the headline "Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Man." The headline that struck a nonpartisan chord of anger: "CEO Resigns: Admits Massive Consumer Fraud" (80 percent for Republicans, 83 percent for Democrats).

On the issue of immigration, 73 percent of Hispanics and 63 percent of African-Americans said immigrants strengthen the country, compared with 43 percent of whites.

Asked about police violence against unarmed African-Americans, nine in 10 black Americans said they felt very angry when they heard about another incident, while seven in 10 white Americans reported feeling the same way.