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Weber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections

In January 1919 Max Weber campaigned with the Deutsche Demokratische Partei in the National Assembly elections, a liberal-national list in a polarised field, without becoming a durable parliamentary leader. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In January 1919 Max Weber campaigned with the Deutsche Demokratische Partei in the National Assembly elections, a liberal-national list in a polarised field, without becoming a durable parliamentary leader. Academic fame was converted into platform heat.

Context

USPD, SPD, DDP, Zentrum, DNVP split the public. Weber’s temperament fitted polemics better than committee work. Sharing the DDP list with Naumann does not erase his speeches.

Shared responsibility is part of Weber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections. Naming Max Weber does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1919-01-19 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Polarisation path of modest weight, medium confidence on vote effects. Liberal suffrage writings remain a neighbour improving row.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Max Weber

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    He spoke for the German Democratic Party. Naumann’s liberals shared the ticket; he failed to become a lasting deputy.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactWeber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 19 January 1919 · verified

    A famous professor’s party campaign in a polarised founding election is a polarisation path even inside a liberal list.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Max WeberEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe — Mohr SiebeckMohr Siebeck / MWG · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

MWG at https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/ (opens in a new tab) collects 1919 campaign letters and speeches. Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Weber-German-sociologist (opens in a new tab) independently notes DDP involvement.

Established: Weber campaigned with the DDP in January 1919. Not established: a unique seat he held through the assembly’s term. Contribution is recorded as He spoke for the German Democratic Party. Naumann’s liberals shared the ticket; he failed to become a lasting deputy. The impact note is A famous professor’s party campaign in a polarised founding election is a polarisation path even inside a liberal list. The dated heading stays Weber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections on 1919-01-19, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. DDP campaign is not Politik als Beruf as a second copy. Mixed effects of Weber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMax Weber
  2. contributed toFactWeber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Weber campaigns with the DDP in the January 1919 elections. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-ddp-1919

https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-ddp-1919

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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