1932 German Presidential Election-Vote Here!

Who Would You Vote For in the 1932 German Presidential Election?

  • Second Round-Adolf Hitler (NSDAP)

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In retrospect, there have been few elections with such unappealing choices as the German Presidential elections of 1932.

Leading we have the incumbent, the former Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg who despite his monarchist sympathies and the backing of virtually all parties except the Nazis and Communists would when reelected end up making Hitler chancellor and all the disasters we knew ensued.

Secondly, we have Herr Hitler himself.

Thirdly, we have kamerad Ernst Thalmann of the Communist Party who followed the Stalinist line by fighting with Socialists even as the Nazis were gaining power.

Last and the least we have Theodor Duesterberg who was a right-wing, quasi-fascist candidate but OTOH refused to join with Hitler after he took power and unlike Hindenburg was not extremely old. Quite frankly I personally choose Duesterberg as the least of all evils as opposed to OTL results, Hitler gaining power slightly earlier, or a Berlin-Moscow Red Axis being established.

Remember that you have two votes for the first and second rounds, and that Duesterberg did not run in the second and that you have the advantage of hindsight.

Please vote in this thread rather than the other one as in the other one I failed to allow for one to vote in both rounds.
 
My vote goes to Ernst Thälmann of the Communist Party of Germany. A true revolutionary and a champion of the downtrodden masses and the working class!

Death to Hitler!
Death to the National Socialists!
Death to the Social Fascists of the so called "Social Democratic Party"!
 

Cook

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I voted for that fellow Hitler, he sounds like he'll be able to restore a bit of law and order on the streets and get people working again.
 
Remember that you use the advantage of hindsight here-thus a vote for Hindenburg means him making Hitler chancellor and allowing the Nazis to seize power.
 
It pains me to vote for Paul von Hindenburg, and my vote for the Stahlhelm does as well. But Im sure both of them would at least have kept Germany under a sane military dictatorship.
 
Great job trying to circumvent the Chat ban on polls.

I dare say he doesn't know what he did nor intended to be delving into Chat realms. Lord knows I didn't on my 1968 poll some time back. But, the fact remains that it can indeed be construed as a political Chat thread. Whether it is or not I suppose is up for review. Given the year, I would lean towards no, though not necessarily no. There's also the fact that general rule of thumb should be any thread based on active opinion on Hitler should likely be in Chat. If it is viewed as such, this thread will be closed and there will be warnings.
 
I dare say he doesn't know what he did nor intended to be delving into Chat realms. Lord knows I didn't on my 1968 poll some time back. But, the fact remains that it can indeed be construed as a political Chat thread. Whether it is or not I suppose is up for review. Given the year, I would lean towards no, though not necessarily no. There's also the fact that general rule of thumb should be any thread based on active opinion on Hitler should likely be in Chat. If it is viewed as such, this thread will be closed and there will be warnings.

My apologies. :eek: I wasn't aware of the rules regarding that although I don't think the opinion "Hitler is evil" is too controversial...
 
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