The Nazis never received more than 37 percent of the popular vote in any free national election. In the 1932 election, Paul von Hindenburg handily beat Hitler and remained president of Germany.

Jürgen W. Falter, 'The Two Hindenburg Elections of 1925 and 1932: A Total Reversal of Voter Coalitions' (Central European History, 32/2, 1990) ... Hitler Versus Hindenburg: ...