Growth of support for the Communist party

• What was the percentage of Communist support in 1928?

  10%
• What was the percentage of Communist support by 1932?

  15%
• How many extra voters did the Communist Party gain from 1928 to 1932?

  One million voters
• What made the Communist Party the largest outside the Soviet Union?

  The increase in support from 10% to 15% and gaining an extra million voters
• Who primarily supported the Communist Party?

  The working classes
• Why did the working classes support the Communist Party?

  To defend their jobs and wages against big business
• How did the growth of Communist support affect the perception of the Nazis?

  It helped the Nazis as they were seen as the only defense against Communism
• Which social classes were frightened by the growth of Communism?

  The middle and upper classes
• What did the middle and upper classes fear would happen under a Communist government?

  That their status and wealth would disappear
• Communist support grew from 10% in 1928 to 15% by 1932, an extra million voters making it the largest Communist Party in the world outside the Soviet Union.
• Most of communist support came from the working classes who wanted to defend their jobs and wages against big business.
• However, this growth also helped the Nazis as they were increasingly seen as the only defence against Communism by a frightened middle and upper class who feared their status and wealth would disappear under a Communist government.