Democratic Unionist Party member Mr Jim Allister struggles to be heard over the din in the poultry hall at the Ballymena Agricultural Show.
But while he laughs at the noise, his DUP colleagues predict he will be the candidate in Northern Ireland with the most to crow about when the European Election votes are counted on June 14th.
The barrister is stepping into the shoes of his party leader, the Rev Ian Paisley who has decided to stand down from Strasbourg and Brussels. The weight of expectation is huge.
Not only did his leader top the poll in every European contest since the first election was held in 1979 but the DUP is basking in the glory of last November's Assembly vote where it became Northern Ireland's largest party.
As his canvassers, dressed in their Sunday best, spill onto the showgrounds from the DUP campaign bus, the overall impression is of a party confident that it can cement its place as Northern Ireland's largest unionist party.
But the DUP is also desperate to remain Northern Ireland's biggest party and keep Sinn Fein from claiming the top spot. As local Assembly members Ian Paisley Junior and Mervyn Storey stride confidently around the showgrounds, Mr Allister engages in banter with tractor salesmen and electric fence makers.
After an absence from frontline politics for 16 years, he insists campaigning has only slightly changed. "Politics has undoubtedly moved on in that like everything else in life the technological revolution means things happen much faster," he notes.
"Certainly the DUP is a very professional organisation. The days of political parties being run on a shoestring are gone.
PA