Nearly half of lower-income Republicans and 46% of all respondents to a new Pew Research Center survey say current economic conditions are hurting them and their families.

The report – which suggests "a sizable majority of the public" believes the economy is only helping "certain groups of Americans" such as the wealthy, the college-educated and the country's white population – appears to throw cold water on suggestions from the White House that the economy has benefited all Americans under President Donald Trump's leadership.

Instead, even among groups of respondents who identify as Republicans or right-leaning independents, public perception appears to favor an idea oft-repeated by Democratic lawmakers: that the Trump economy is only benefiting certain groups.

"Republicans are particularly divided by income when it comes to views of which groups the economy is hurting," according to the report. "For example, about half of lower-income Republicans (49%) say the economy is hurting the middle class, compared with smaller shares of middle-income (39%) and upper-income Republicans (33%)."

The Pew survey published Wednesday is hardly the first to suggest that Democrats have a considerably more negative view than Republicans about the current state of the economy. Nearly 60% of Democratic respondents and those who lean left rated the economy's health as being only fair or poor. Only 25% of Republicans said the same.

But lower-income Republicans were consistently more likely to say economic conditions were not benefiting them and were instead benefiting the wealthy. Accusations of class favoritism have dogged the Trump administration – particularly as it relates to a series of 2017 tax cuts that were billed as a middle-class boon but which experts believe disproportionately benefited businesses and the country's wealthiest.

"Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say the current economy is helping the wealthy (77% vs 63%)," according to the report. "However, among lower-income Americans, similar shares of Republicans (62%) and Democrats (63%) say the current economy is helping the wealthy."

Overall, nearly 70% of respondents said current conditions are helping the wealthy, 50% said they are helping those with college degrees, and 46% said they are helping people who are white.

Meanwhile, more than 3 in 5 respondents said current economic conditions are hurting young adults, the poor, older adults or people without college degrees. Nearly 60% of those surveyed said the economy is hurting the middle class, and nearly half of respondents said the economy is hurting people who are black or people who are Hispanic.

The economy is in the midst of a record-setting run of expansion – with more than a decade separating the U.S. from its last downturn. America's major stock indexes, likewise, have continued their tear and as recently as late November surged to all-time highs.

Consumer confidence metrics, likewise, remain relatively healthy – though Pew's report points out that "views of the economy are strongly linked to partisanship." Since Trump's election, Republicans have consistently been more likely to support the president's policy actions and the economy's overall trajectory. Democrats who had previously been bullish under President Barack Obama, however, turned significantly more pessimistic about the country's current state of affairs.

But Pew's report suggests cracks have emerged among the lower-income rungs of Trump's GOP base. It also suggests many Americans aren't seeing the wealth and prosperity gains of which the president has repeatedly boasted. More than 40% of survey respondents – and 65% of lower-income Americans – report worrying about paying their bills every day or almost every day.