In the event of united Ireland could DUP attract a significant vote in the Republic / 26 Counties ?

We have hard right parties here already, none of whom have made any inroads off the back of anti-migrant sentiment. So "many" is being charitable, notwithstanding the attempt to derail the conversation in the Pavlovian topic du jour.

We're now dealing with the Orange Order? Okay, I mean, hypothetical upon hypotheticals: considering as of 2022 there were only 30,000 left, down from 100,000 60 years prior, then it seems a fair guess this niche demographic will only become even smaller by the time of this fictional UI scenario. Time will do most of the work it seems, going by the faces seen at contemporary parades.

You seem fixated on FG being the one-stop shop for conservative voters, despite no strong evidence indicating a broad trend in this direction. Quite the opposite really, given FG's stance on every major socially liberal talking pint of the last 10 to 20 years. If anything they probably shed conservative voters because of the party's position with gay marriage and abortion.

Nor can we see a ravenous appetite for socially conservative parties in general - more critically TBH to the entire topic. Why, given the actual social conservatives down here have routinely failed to make inroads in politics, would the DUP find success where others have failed?

I'm aware of the OP, but have ignored by dint of its naked prejudicial slant, something we've all moved away from, given few here share its lament. It wouldn't be a day ending in Y if Boards didn't have someone bemoaning the lack of a Hard Right party (running the country).

Ah now, don't back-trac or shift goal posts: you have mentioned FG consistently and let's not forget you were happy to through around the Donaldson speech as ammunition of some secret ideology; we can also read very well so let's not pretend you didn't really try to make some DUP-adjacent credentials stick by way of conjecture and when that didn't work, changed tack.

Sigh. Right back to the wink and nod "why you outraged" nonsense. You tried that already. There's plenty to hang FG with without inventing conspiracy, or implying tacit support when others call out the nonsense of tying them to the DUP.

That’s just a fact here IMO.

In your speed to tut bout my comprehension, you might want to pause and think about the meaning of "fact" when coupled with "IMO".

You have offered no evidence to your points so why do they deserve challenging when the best you offer are vague accusations and ancient personal anecdotes? You extrapolate ideological support through applause without even naming any cliques or politicians at the head of this supposed "unionist sympathising" bloc - how and where can that be reasonably challenged when the notion is so patently ludicrous... especially when considered against the entire, foundational hypothetical of an Ireland that doesn't match the one today - ie, unified one.

I daresay you're trying to contemplate the DUP "now" entering politics in the republic, and all your biases of existing parties to match, rather than the likely topography of Ireland in .... I dunno, this fantasy 2050 we're talking about. "Unionism" as we know it won't be as it is now, going double for the hardcore.

Indeed. By all accounts the DUP mightn't exist BEFORE unification, let alone after. Not like it's a party with unstoppable momentum and a canny eye for realpolitik at the moment.