Firstly, the President was Paul von Hindenburg and Hitler became the Chancellor. Secondly, an election does not make democracy. In a democratic society, Hitler would have never been able to run in any election after what happened in 1923. He would be doing 20 years to life behind the bars and then deported back to Austria. Unfortunately, the German "democracy" was completely corrupted by competing interests, low level warfare on the streets of its cities and the economic devastation. In other words, a bad example to test one's commitment to freedom a speech and democracy. There's a case for support of Hitler's right to self expression in the pre 1923 Bavaria. There's zero possibility for extending the same support after he left the Landsberg prison.