The chapter will begin with how the Protestant Associations became more involved with local politics, as they desired to ensure that if their future was in the Free State that they were represented at every level of government, with emphasis on the importance of the 1927 general elections and the 1928 local elections. The chapter will then look at how the 1930s became a period of alienation for the Protestant community, analysing the impact of the Newtowngore and Cootehill riots in 1931 to the Orange Order in the border counties. The chapter will then look at the challenges posed by the Fianna Fáil government from the Economic War and its distancing of the Free State from the UK. It will also scrutinise how these changes began to affect the Protestant Associations, a declining Protestant population and changes to local constituencies in the Dáil with the creation of Donegal East and West. It will discuss how the Protestant Associations adapted to these challenges, concluding with the 1937 and 1938 general elections.