American Nazi party members were young, undereducated, and predominantly blue-collar

Evidence

With regard to political orientation the sample was divided into Communists, left-wing socialists (within the Social Democratic Party), Social Democrats, middle-class and centre parties, Nazis (this was the smallest group, with only seventeen persons), and non-voters; within the two largest groups, the Communists (150) and the Social Democrats (262), further distinction was made between officials, voters and undecided. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 192 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rejecting bourgeois hypocrisy motivated younger Nazi recruits, including as sexual protest — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2591; The Nazi mass base came from nonvoters, the young, and peasants. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1973; The 1929-30 German worker sample drew 262 Social Democrats versus only 17 Nazis — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 192

Broader Connections

• The 1929-30 German worker sample drew 262 Social Democrats versus only 17 Nazis #complicates (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 192