Hitler and his movement were very, VERY popular in Germany. By 1935-36, he could have won any open election with 70+% of the vote.
It's getting to be too late now, but any time between 1960-1995, any honest German of a certain age would tell you that, after a few beers.
“Hitler and his movement were very, VERY popular in Germany. By 1935-36, he could have won any open election with 70+% of the vote.
It’s getting to be too late now, but any time between 1960-1995, any honest German of a certain age would tell you that, after a few beers.”
But he didn’t. He got much less of the vote.
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp
Hitler didn’t get much more than a third of the vote. I’m merely advancing the idea that a similar psychology was deployed in our last election allowing for someone with similar attributes running on vague propaganda did even better.