How can a man and president like Richard Nixon have such an impact on the United States that it remains intact to this …show more content…
Now, how does a president with such a damaged reputation like Richard Nixon have a role to play in the United States of today? Richard Nixon did not influence today 's United States in a good way, if anything, it has negatively affected today 's United States. President Nixon was also known for being involved in corruption of election votes. When you take this into consideration of today 's voting system, it says a lot when the population of voters is on the decline compared to the 1970 's. There is the strong possibility that Richard Nixon is the beginning of the distrust of the government and the future presidents of the nation. Many U.S citizens do not believe in the government. There is no question that a government is needed to run this large country that is only growing. The problem is the hole of trust that Nixon 's actions caused for the government. There is also no doubt that there is and always will be corruption in our government.
The creation of distrust in the government United States was not only coming from U.S citizens. The media itself also has continued to look deeper into the decisions made through the government. This research is almost always leaning toward the possibility of government corruption. This is somewhat of a coincidence considering President Nixon 's hatred towards the media. The media was also the major source of the truth toward the Watergate