Four in five Belfast Live readers believe the DUP should return to Stormont power-sharing, according to a snap poll.
Some 81% said Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's party should end its boycott over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol to focus on tackling the cost-of-living crisis.
More than 1,500 votes were cast in the online survey, which was held on Belfast Live from December 5.
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Readers were asked: 'Should the DUP agree to restore Stormont power-sharing to tackle the cost-of-living crisis?'
Of those who voted, more than 81% said 'yes' and almost 19% said 'no'.
The snapshot poll was launched just days before MLAs were recalled to the Assembly in a fifth unsuccessful attempt to restore the devolved institutions.
A Sinn Féin motion backed by Alliance and the SDLP sought to debate cost-of-living pressures and uncertainty around when households would receive energy support payments.
However, the DUP once again blocked the Assembly and Executive from being restored in protest against the protocol.
Stormont's largest unionist party has vetoed the formation of a new administration since May's Assembly election.
It has argued the protocol has undermined Northern Ireland's place within the United Kingdom by creating economic barriers on trade entering the region from Great Britain.
The party has insisted it will not allow a return to power-sharing until radical changes to the Irish Sea trade deal are delivered.
Negotiations between the UK government and the European Union to resolve differences over the protocol are continuing.
If a new Executive is not formed by January 19, the UK government assumes a legal responsibility to call a fresh Assembly election by April 13.
The government introduced legislation to extend the timeframe for forming an Executive beyond six months after a previous deadline of October 28 was missed.
Civil servants have assumed control of Stormont departments in the absence of ministers but they have limited decision-making powers.
Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris is to reduce MLA salaries by 27.5% from January 1 to reflect the fact that they are not doing their job as legislators during the ongoing impasse.
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