How many votes in the 1932 Reichstag elections were troll votes?
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« on: December 04, 2015, 11:01:29 PM »

Well?
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2015, 07:06:51 AM »

1928
Mainstream Conservative Parties 57.0%
SPD 29.8%
KPD 10.6%
(SPD+KPD=40.4%)
NSDAP 2.6%

1930
Mainstream Conservative Parties 44.1%
SPD 24.5%
KPD 13.1%
(SPD+KPD=37.6%)
NSDAP 18.3%

1932 july
Mainstream Conservative Parties 26.8%
SPD 21.6%
KPD 14.3%
(SPD+KPD=35.9%)
NSDAP 37.3%

1932 november
Mainstream Conservative Parties 29.6%
SPD 20.4%
KPD 16.9%
(SPD+KPD=37.3%)
NSDAP 33.1%

As you can see, the left (SPD+KPD) remained relatively stable during the Weimar Republic, between 35% and 40%, and the NSDAP increased through the decline of the mainstream conservative parties (Center, DNVP, BVP, DVP). I don't think the NSDAP voters were trolling. I think they wanted something radical to fight against the red threat. They knew what they were doing.
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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2015, 01:24:17 PM »

What do you mean by that?
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2015, 01:46:17 PM »

Maybe he's asking how many of these voted?
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2015, 11:26:40 PM »

1928
Mainstream Conservative Parties 57.0%
SPD 29.8%
KPD 10.6%
(SPD+KPD=40.4%)
NSDAP 2.6%

1930
Mainstream Conservative Parties 44.1%
SPD 24.5%
KPD 13.1%
(SPD+KPD=37.6%)
NSDAP 18.3%

1932 july
Mainstream Conservative Parties 26.8%
SPD 21.6%
KPD 14.3%
(SPD+KPD=35.9%)
NSDAP 37.3%

1932 november
Mainstream Conservative Parties 29.6%
SPD 20.4%
KPD 16.9%
(SPD+KPD=37.3%)
NSDAP 33.1%

As you can see, the left (SPD+KPD) remained relatively stable during the Weimar Republic, between 35% and 40%, and the NSDAP increased through the decline of the mainstream conservative parties (Center, DNVP, BVP, DVP). I don't think the NSDAP voters were trolling. I think they wanted something radical to fight against the red threat. They knew what they were doing.

There were four million new voters between 1928 and 1930. Is it not possible that at least a small fraction of those were apathetic but just voted for the most crazy party for the lulz?
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2015, 06:53:44 PM »
« Edited: December 06, 2015, 11:49:37 PM by True Federalist »

Real people tend not to do that.
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2015, 08:31:48 PM »

Another person comparing Trump to hitler. Pathetic.
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2015, 12:29:37 PM »

I think it is sensible to assume that many of the people that voted for the Nazis were much more moderate than the party itself (as is commonly the case, even for much more politically correct parties). The Nazis had to put in quite a lot of effort to make people accept the most violent parts of their anti-Semitism  (see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jud_S%C3%BC%C3%9F_%281940_film%29#Veit_Harlan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht#From_the_Germans). However, obviously, people were not willing to (or dared to) do anything to stop the actual violence.

I think this is a very important lesson for today. It does not help if most people do not support extreme policies as such, it is enough if they vote for a party whose leadership does.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2015, 04:28:35 PM »

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