Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: After the 1930 elections , BrÃ 1\/4 ning continued to govern largely through Article 48 ; his government was kept afloat by the support of the Social Democrats who voted not to cancel his Article 48 bills in order not to have another election that could only benefit the Nazis and the Communists .
Simplified: BrÃ 1\/4 ning ruled through Article 48 ; the Social Democrats never voted not to cancel his Article 48 bills in order not to have another election that could only benefit the Nazis and the Communists .