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The two Hindenburg elections of 1925 and 1932: a total reversal of voter coalitions [1990]
Die Hindenburg-Wahlen von 1925 und 1932: eine vollständige Umkehrung der Wähler-Koalitionen
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Abstract "This article compares the two presidential elections of 1925 and 1932 in an attempt to determine the shifts between these two elections which brought Paul von Hindenburg to power. Although this article does not attempt to add to the historiography of Hindenburg's election and the subsequent deparli... view more
"This article compares the two presidential elections of 1925 and 1932 in an attempt to determine the shifts between these two elections which brought Paul von Hindenburg to power. Although this article does not attempt to add to the historiography of Hindenburg's election and the subsequent deparliamentarization which has often been thought by historians to have eased Hitler's transition to power, it attempts to use statistical verification to underline a number of hypotheses generally agreed upon by historians, but which lack substantial evidence. In considering Hindenburg's election, a number of variables are considered, such as: which parties the Hindenburg voters came from, why Hindenburg was backed rather than his oppositional candidate Wilhelm Marx, and what social background the Hindenburg voters had. Also, the commonly held belief that many of the communist voters fluctuated from the communist party candidate, Ernst Thälmann, to Adolf Hitler is statistically analyzed." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; social background; German Reichstag; voter; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); election result; presidential election; en: floating voter oder swing voter?
Classification
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Hindenburg; deparliamentarization
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 217-232
Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2013) 25
Issue topic
Zur Soziographie des Nationalsozialismus
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed