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If you look at the map of the votes in the referendum, east of the River Bann (counties Antrim and Down) voted remain and west of the Bann voted leave. (The River Bann splits the province more or less exactly in two. The Upper Bann flows north from near the border and into the bottom of the lough. The Lower Bann also flows north, out of the top of the lough and to the sea on the north coast).
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North Antrim - 62.2% leave
Strangford - 55.5
East Antrim - 55.2
Lagan Valley - 53.1
Upper Bann - 52.6
East Belfast - 51.4
South Antrim - 50.6
If you look at the map of votes for political parties in the 2017 Westminster election, east of the Bann is strongly DUP supporting and west is SF voting. The Bann also tends to be a religious divide as well. Generally speaking - Antrim was settled by the Scots and Down by the English, so largely protestant. Armagh is a bit split. Whilst the plantation was in Londonderry, it remains largely catholic, as does Tyrone and Fermanagh.
For comparison with the referendum results:-
North Antrim - DUP MP elected with 58.9% of votes cast
Strangford - DUP with 62.0%
East Antrim - DUP with 57.3%
Lagan Valley - DUP with 59.6%
Upper Bann - DUP with 43.5%
East Belfast - DUP with 55.8%
South Antrim - DUP with 38.2%
I would not say the NI farmers on here want a no deal Brexit. What they do want is very much determined by their political views on the Union. The bottom line is 70% of NI exports go to GB. We do not want anything that interrupts that (and the present deal seems to do just that, or certainly has the potential to do that if the EU plays to form).
Thanks for that. As the Scottish Parliament is pressing hard to be included in this area with NI should a deal happen, would that change NI opinion's or not. Unfortunately, I don't see much chance of any real acknowledgement of Scotland predicament until independence happens. This is shown only to well by the number of times Scotland is referenced in the 590 pages of TM's draft deal. Zero.