Only 15 percent of Weimar left-wing voters were radical in both thought and feeling

Evidence

The conclusion of the study seemed to be the observation that only a minority of the supporters of the left-wing parties showed the ideal type of radical attitude, while for most of them there was a greater or lesser discrepancy between political viewpoint and personality structure. Without doubt, the most important result is the small proportion of left-wingers [from the total of the three groups Social Democrats, left-wing socialists and Communists] who were in agreement in both thought and feeling with the Socialist line. In critical times the courage, readiness for sacrifice and spontaneity needed to rouse the less active and to overcome the enemy could only be expected from a rather small group of 15%. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 193

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Frankfurt School’s later ‘Authoritarian Personality’ typology that grew out of this same research tradition. — connects to: Only 15% of German workers structurally matched left-wing parties in personality — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 708; Most left-wing party supporters lacked a matching radical personality type. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 707; A fifth of German proletarian party supporters held authoritarian attitudes — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 709
• DEFINE: Defines the ‘R-centred’ versus ‘A-centred’ ideal types used to classify radical and authoritarian personalities.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 193

Broader Connections

• Only 15% of German workers structurally matched left-wing parties in personality #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 708
• Most left-wing party supporters lacked a matching radical personality type. #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 707
• A fifth of German proletarian party supporters held authoritarian attitudes #qualifies (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 709