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Hitler was never even close to a majority.
by etothepii 3y ago
Hitler was never even close to a majority.
- almatabata 3y agoIndeed he only had 33% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_elec...). A sizeable portion of the votes but nowhere close to a majority.
- ghusto 3y agoThe very page you linked to shows he had the majority vote at 33%!
- db48x 3y agoDifferent definitions. He (or rather the Nazi party) had the largest share of votes, and thus the majority by one definition. But that share did not comprise >50% of the votes, and thus wasn’t a majority by another definition.
- ghusto 3y agoThere's the "more than 50%" definition, sure, but doesn't "majority" in a political context always mean the party with the most votes? Anyway, okay I get where the confusion is. Just thought it was funny that the very same link seemed to contradict his point :P
- etothepii 3y agoI am not aware of any definition of majority that is not 50% + 1. I think you are referring to a plurality.
- almatabata 3y agoThe comment above said that the average german did not understand not to vote for hitler so in that context i understood majority as more than 50% of the german population. I probably should have clarified it in my comment.