Germany's last election before Hitler took power

[rob in cal]

Much historical scholarship of the last days of the Weimar Republic focuses on the Jan 15 1933 landtag elections in the mini state of Lippe, in which the Nazis did better than in the November 32 Reichstag election but not as well as they did in the July 32 vote.
  However, there was one final vote, on the last Sunday, January 22, before Hitler took power. It was for a city council, really village council in the village of Binow, southeast of Stettin, in Pomerania.  There, the Nazi vote plummeted from 57% in November to 26%, and the Germany Nationalists basically did the reverse, with the small vote for a leftist unity slate of KPD and SPD doing about the same as the two parties did separately  in the November Reichstag elections. Turnout was 280 voters in November and 271 in the January vote.
  Obviously it was a small sample size but provides further, if fragmentary evidence of the Nazi balloon in burst mode.  The Vossische Zeitung of I believe January 25th is the source. I heard about this election in Peter Fritzsche's book on the first Hundred Days of Hitler.

[jaichind]

Could not one argue that Reichstag fire which took place in Feb 1933 would have consolidate the entire Nationalist vote behind NASDAP and led to a NASDAD surge in March 1933.  Sure NASDAP had the power of the political machinery behind them but understand that had more of an impact in Prussia.  But even in the South NASDAP vote share was in the 40s.

[rob in cal]

  Jaichind, I'm more interested in the idea of what would have happened had Hindenburg not appointed Hitler chancellor. I would argue that the Nazi movement would continue its downward trajectory. Also, likely no Reichstag fire if Hitler isn't appointed chancellor.  If it did I wonder how someone like Schleicher would have reacted.

[brucejoel99]

Feel like this should belong on the History board:

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?board=8.0

Mods, please move.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Feel like this should belong on the History board:

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?board=8.0

Mods, please move.

No particular reason, we've always discussed historical elections here as well.

[vitoNova]

I think this settles the age-old question.

Movements do not arise organically from people.

Movements are spearheaded by an individual.

Remove the individual, the movement dies. 

[CumbrianLefty]

I think this settles the age-old question.

Movements do not arise organically from people.

Movements are spearheaded by an individual.

Remove the individual, the movement dies. 

This is, surely, just slightly over-emphatic?

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I think this settles the age-old question.

Movements do not arise organically from people.

Movements are spearheaded by an individual.

Remove the individual, the movement dies.  

This is, surely, just slightly over-emphatic?

Everything by VitoNova is ""slightly"" over-emphatic.