According to a University of Liverpool poll, 20.6 per cent will give their first preference to the DUP.
Sinn Féin is the most popular party in Northern Ireland - but is less than 3 per cent ahead of the DUP.
23.5 per cent of voters will back Mary Lou McDonald's party in the next Assembly election, which will be held before next May.
Game on for the Assembly election. Latest University of Liverpool/SMR Belfast poll, organised by my colleague, Director of the Institute of Irish Studies @PeterShirlow as reported on #bbctheview pic.twitter.com/wOg8cuDDgT
— Jon Tonge (@JonTonge) November 4, 2021
According to a University of Liverpool poll, 20.6 per cent will give their first preference to the DUP.
Professor of politics at the university, Jon Tonge, says the election will be very close.
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill will be the next First Minister of Northern Ireland, according to that poll.
Professor Tonge says it will be a two-horse race
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