WI Hindenburg did not run for re-election

What if Hindenburg did not run for re-election as President in 1932, either because of being too old or because of dying during the campaign?

Unless Hitler somehow gets elected I doubt whoever wins would screw things up worse.
 
Well, the usual way this goes is that Hugo Eckener, the much beloved Graf Zeppelin pilot, runs as apparently he was supposed to IOTL if Hindenburg didn't run again. He would probably win. It seemed like most of the parties at this point were willing to do the whole "Stop Hitler" alliance deal to prevent the Corporal from taking the Presidency. If Eckener says no though, I'm not sure who the likely choice would be. But yeah, unless the parties really screw up, I doubt Hitler wins regardless who the candidate they put forward is.
 
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