The Nazis expected the parties representing the middle class, the Junkers and business interests to vote for the measure, as they had grown weary of the instability of the Weimar Republic and would not dare to resist.
Nazistpartiet forventede, at partierne der repræsenterede middelklassen, junkerne og erhvervslivet ville stemme for tiltaget, dels fordi de var trætte af ustabiliteten i Weimarrepublikken og dels fordi de ikke turde yde modstand.