Well, the Nazis were extremly advanced in their electioneering pre-1933. At least in Germany they were the first to employ modern marketing techniques in politics. They also had an eye on information flow or absence thereof, allowing them to campaign very differently in different parts of the country. An extreme case is that their campaigns in Eastern Prussia were in Polish because even many Germans there used it as their primary language while in Western Germany instigating anti-Polish hatred was a prime theme (In the Ruhr area there were many Polish guest workers - often there for decades already) with the same lies as the US Right uses against Latinos: They steal your bread (= your work), they speak a foreign un-German language, breed like rabbits etc.
They knew that there was minimal info flow between those reagions, so the local voters would not notice.
Hitler used a plane (sponsored by friendly industrialists) and thus could have several campaign events per day in different cities (while other politicians used the railway). And Hitler's campaign events were highly choreographed (and film clips of those were used in places where he did not show up in person).
Of course an essential part was the focus on the person of Hitler. He and Goebbels knew that one does not win votes with detailed party programs (although they pretended to have one) but with simple slogans repeated ad nauseam and appealing to the id.
Far ahead of its time, and quite a lot looks still quite familiar almost a century later.
Btw, I think His Orangeness and most extreme right politicians in the US today would be utter failures, were the somehow transported back to that time and place. They are phonies and cowards at heart while the original Nazis were literal killers who'd rather lead the violent mob from the front than having useful idiots doing it for them and afterwards denying any responsibility. Hitler personally kicked some SA goons from the party because they beat up some lefty opponents out of uniform. He approved of the violence but not the anonymity.
What Snarki said.
Condolences, not sure what else to say.
Well, the Nazis were extremly advanced in their electioneering pre-1933. At least in Germany they were the first to employ modern marketing techniques in politics. They also had an eye on information flow or absence thereof, allowing them to campaign very differently in different parts of the country. An extreme case is that their campaigns in Eastern Prussia were in Polish because even many Germans there used it as their primary language while in Western Germany instigating anti-Polish hatred was a prime theme (In the Ruhr area there were many Polish guest workers - often there for decades already) with the same lies as the US Right uses against Latinos: They steal your bread (= your work), they speak a foreign un-German language, breed like rabbits etc.
They knew that there was minimal info flow between those reagions, so the local voters would not notice.
Hitler used a plane (sponsored by friendly industrialists) and thus could have several campaign events per day in different cities (while other politicians used the railway). And Hitler's campaign events were highly choreographed (and film clips of those were used in places where he did not show up in person).
Of course an essential part was the focus on the person of Hitler. He and Goebbels knew that one does not win votes with detailed party programs (although they pretended to have one) but with simple slogans repeated ad nauseam and appealing to the id.
Far ahead of its time, and quite a lot looks still quite familiar almost a century later.
Btw, I think His Orangeness and most extreme right politicians in the US today would be utter failures, were the somehow transported back to that time and place. They are phonies and cowards at heart while the original Nazis were literal killers who'd rather lead the violent mob from the front than having useful idiots doing it for them and afterwards denying any responsibility. Hitler personally kicked some SA goons from the party because they beat up some lefty opponents out of uniform. He approved of the violence but not the anonymity.