Some of the major differences between detrivores and decomposers are as follows: 1. They are animals which feed on detritus. Image Courtesy : uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/x311_files/images/image31.png.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The silent majority helped Nixon get elected in 1968. Many people chose to vote for Nixon because he had then promised to end the Vietnam War.
The Republican Party decided to keep Nixon as their vice-presidential candidate and when Eisenhower won the election, Nixon became vice-president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During his vice-presidency, he was very busy and traveled across the world to places like South America.