strengths

• proportional representation made sure small parties had a fair share of seats
• women able to vote as well as men
• voting age reduced from 25 to 21
• no one group or person could have too much power
• there was an election for president every seven years
• central government was more powerful than before, but local government still retained power in the regions
• the reichsrat could regulate the power of the reichstag by delaying new laws