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Why did the percent of Germans voting Nazi rise from 2.8% in 1928 to 37.3% in 1932?

The reasons for this dramatic rise can be put down to any number of changes both within the party and outside the party.
First of all the changes within the party had a profound effect on the ability to canvass votes from their respective constituencies. After the Bamberg conference Hitler had established himself as the sole authority within the party and everyone was answerable back to him. Hitler set up Gaues throughout Germany which matched the different constituencies within Germany, this helped to focus propaganda and tailor to match the specific needs of that particular area. For example those constituencies located further north were protestant and were generally working class with socialist tendencies. The Strasser brothers who made up the socialist faction of the Nazi party campaigned heavily in this area and through their support behind trade unions in the area; this helped the Nazis gain a lot of votes in that area. Another example of how a different area means different c...

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