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.
Nixon unexpectedly chose Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland as his running mate. Nixon's campaign was helped by the tumult within the Democratic Party in 1968. Consumed by the war in Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced on March 31 that he would not seek re-election.