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The Silent Majority

 

The Silent Majority is a unspecified group of people in a country that does not express their opinions publicly. Richard was not the first to use this word, but he did popularize it in his speech on November 3, 1969. This term is referred to the people who did not join the in the large demonstrations against the Vietnam War, and who did not enthusiastically participate in public discourse or the media. Nixon along with many others saw this group as being overshadowed by the more vocal minority.

This majority referred mainly to the older generation World War II veterans in all parts of the United States but it also described many young people in the Midwest, West and in the South, many of whom did eventually serve in Vietnam. The Silent Majority was mostly populated with the blue collar people who allegedly didn't have the ability or the time to take an active part in politics other than to vote.