In fj.life.in-japan B Robson <Xb-robsonX@gol.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> In fj.life.in-japan B Robson <Xb-robsonX@gol.com> wrote:

>>>No he wasn't "crushed". There was a second round of voting because 
>>>Hindenburg was not the clear winner the first time, I don't recall the 
>>>figures.

>> von Hindenburg got 49.6% of the popular vote in the first election, to
>> 30.1% for Hitler.

> crushed?

Uh, yeah. He got 36% in the run-off.

>>>Minority governments have often existed.

>> And you're whiffing on the second point that overall the far-right ran a 
>> Parliamentary majority.

> only if you ignore the socialists, the second largest party.

Sorry, but no. The fact that the socialists were the second largest
doesn't preclude the additional fact that the far-right ran a majority.

Really, this is all in (among others) Shirer's book.

Mike