Poll: Democrats are actually united. For now.

Democrats’ long-warring ideological factions have reached a détente, new POLITICO Poll data shows.

It may not last.

Half of progressives and moderates now say the party is “somewhat” or “much more” unified since the election, according to the latest survey, conducted last weekend by PF Global.

And everyone agrees on what the Democratic-led Congress needs to do first, above anything else: bring down the cost of living.The size and sweep of Democrats’ midterms romp appears to have temporarily quelled the electability questions that fueled the long-running standoff between the party’s factions.

Progressives flipped House districts and snagged Senate seats on plainly purple turf.

Many moderate candidates flipped deep-red territory for the first time in decades.

Put together, Democrats are now headed for their biggest House majority of the century.

“We’ve got this great big-tent party that’s coming into Congress, and I think that’s what people want,” said Pete Giangreco, a veteran Democratic strategist who worked across House, Senate and gubernatorial races this past cycle.

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