Likely result of 1916 German Fedral elections with no WWI?

At this point, he was just trying to stave off a revolution, he didn't do it out of any sense of commitment to parliamentary rule, or fondness of Zentrum. Herling was closest thing to compromise there could be, being centrist aristocrat.

Germany was in no immediate danger of revolution in 1917 - or even in 1918 until she started losing on the battlefield.

I thought Hertling was appointed simply because he could be taken more seriously than the absurd Michaelis whom Wilhelm had allowed the High Command to impose on him three months earlier.
 
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Another thing to bear in mind is that if the Prussian three tiered electoral system in Prussia is abolished in the Provinziallandtag of Prussia's eight provinces, that probably means a Polish party dominated legistlature in Posen, and maybe West Prussia as well.

That prospect is likely to sour many Germans on such a reform, and not just from the conservative and national liberal parties.
 
Another thing to bear in mind is that if the Prussian three tiered electoral system in Prussia is abolished in the Provinziallandtag of Prussia's eight provinces, that probably means a Polish party dominated legistlature in Posen, and maybe West Prussia as well.

That prospect is likely to sour many Germans on such a reform, and not just from the conservative and national liberal parties.

Why would the West Prussian Legislatur be dominated by polish parties? Irrc the province of West-Prussia had a German majority of 60-65% and wouldn't a part of the polish speakers vote for other parties as well (I'm not sure if the Kashubians had their own parties before WWI)
 
Why would the West Prussian Legislatur be dominated by polish parties? Irrc the province of West-Prussia had a German majority of 60-65% and wouldn't a part of the polish speakers vote for other parties as well (I'm not sure if the Kashubians had their own parties before WWI)

Because the german electorate would be split between different class intrests and the Polish would not be (or not to the same extent)
 

Perkeo

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The SPD gets more and more seats, making it more and more difficult to governn against them.


There are tree ways the Kaiser can deal with that:
1) Make concessions and appoint a government that the SPD approves - fiirst step to ful parliamentarism.
2) Appoint his own government and struggle to get the budget through without SPD consent - the 1917 result may be just enough to allow that, essentially postponing the choice between 1) and 3) to the following term.
3) Outright breach of constitution - forcing a showdown that the Kaiser could well loose.
 
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