In the text, you read this about nixon's campaign strategy: during the campaign for president, nixon cast himself as the spokesperson for those he called middle americans, or the silent majority. as nixon put it at the 1968 republican convention, he sought to speak for the “non-shouters, the non-demonstrators,” the men and women who “work in america’s factories . . run america’s businesses . . serve in the government . . provide most of the soldiers . . [and] give life to the american dream." what did nixon hope to achieve by reaching out to this “silent majority” in the 1968 presidential election?