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In the spring of 1932, Dr. Hugo Eckener, the director of the Zeppelin Airship Company and commander of the famous airship Graf Zeppelin was approached by the Central Party and Social Democratic Party. Both parties asked if he would be their candidate in the German presidential election. In OTL, Eckener declined, saying he would only run if the incumbent President, Paul von Hindenburg, did not run. Hindenburg did run, and after being re-elected, he appointed ex-Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler to be Chancellor of the Reich on January 30, 1933.
My question is, WI Eckener had accepted the nomination? Could he have won? And if so, what would have been different? (BTW, Eckener was an outspoken anti-Nazi who hated Hitler and was enraged when he became Chancellor.)

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