1 vote won't make a difference?

1 vote won't make a difference?

in a new democratic republic, though an unknown candidates vote total had risen, Herr Wolf still had been decisively rejected by the people.

The president appointed Papen as chancellor, an “unexpected and ludicrous figure.” who immediately dissolved the (the national congress) and called for new elections, the third legislative election in five months.

Wolfs fellow members of the new Socialist Party, who were determined to bring down the republic and establish dictatorial rule, did everything they could to create chaos in the streets, including initiating political violence and murder. The situation got so bad that martial law was declared.

Even though he had badly lost the presidential election, he was drawing ever-larger crowds during the congressional election.

The election produced a major victory for his Party. They won 230 seats in the, making it the countrys largest political party, but it still fell short of a majority in the 608-member body.

On the basis of that victory, he demanded that President appoint him chancellor and place him in complete control of the state.

The president replied that because of the tense situation he could not in good conscience risk transferring the power of government to a new party such as the National Socialists, which did not command a majority and which was intolerant, noisy and undisciplined.

Political deadlocks soon brought a new election, this one in November 6,. In that election, the National Socialists lost two million votes and 34 seats. Thus, even though the new Party was still the largest political party, it had clearly lost ground among the voters.

Attempting to remedy the chaos and the deadlocks, Hinden fired Papen and appointed an army general named Kurt Schleicher as the new chancellor. Unable to secure a majority coalition in the government, however, Schleicher finally tendered his resignation to Hinden, 57 days after he had been appointed.

On January 30, 1933, President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. Although the National Socialists never captured more than 37 percent of the national vote, and even though they still held a minority of cabinet posts and fewer than 50 percent of the seats in the Reichstag, Hitler and the Nazis set out to to consolidate their power. With Hitler as chancellor, that proved to be a fairly easy task.

the moral to this story is; dont get to comfortable, pay attention to the candidates, the wrong person may come along and if they're determined enough can turn everything upside down. that one vote is all you got but it might mean everything.