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.
A former Republican congressman and U.S. senator from California, he served two terms as vice president under Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) in the 1950s. In 1960, Nixon lost his bid for the presidency in a close race with Democrat John F. Kennedy (1917-63). He ran for the White House again in 1968 and won.