Protesters are going to play a large role in who gets elected president this year. Many believe this because in history it has happened before. During the Nixon presidency many anti-protesters actually helped and contributed to Nixon becoming president, and this could very well cause Donald Trump to become president this year.
There are many similarities between the Nixon election and this years presidential election. One thing that is the is that both Nixon and Trump are using the police force to their advantage. They are supporting them and getting them on their side to help. Another similarity is that both men believe that people have too soft of a feeling towards crime and racial subtext. In both situations these men are supporting divisions of security, and this has proven to work. Most people will support law enforcement because they are a form of protection for the people. This worked in Nixon's favor back when he ran for president, and protesters today could vary well make that happen for Trump during the upcoming election.
There are also some differences between the two campaigns. One major difference is that the Trump protests are very small scale as of right now compared to the Nixon protests back then. One more difference is that Trump is not only supporting police, but he is taking it one step further and saying that police are the most mistreated people in the country. The last difference is that while Nixon may have been slightly racist and believed that law enforcement was who he should support, Trump large scales this. Now Trump has offended almost all the minorities with some racial comments, and all that he talks about is supporting the police and the law enforcement.
