... two years. Another cause of public displeasure with politicians was the voting system, Voters, in 35 electoral regions, voted for a party list rather than individual politicians. It was therefore the party machine that decided who actually became a Reichstag deputy, on the basis of the number of votes the party list had won. The voters didn't choose their deputy. The prospects for a stable government were further reduced during this period of growth of sectional interest parties which gained a total of 78 deputies at their peak in 1930. Sectional groups were encouraged by the proportional representation system cos only 60k votes were needed to get a representation in the Reichstag. Their support for narrow interests reduced the chances of the broader compromises required for successful democratic government. Weimar lacked a leader to deepen people's support, it was served by able politicians like Streseman but no body built up a dynamic ...

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