Talk:John Mica

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Editing[edit]

I have just made some edits to this page, including additions to the Political Positions, and Interest Group Ratings, as well as Campaign Finance information. I have made these edits because of a High school class assignment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SophieFran (talk • contribs) 04:58, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article hyperlinks to Daniel Webster (Florida politician) for the first congressional race in 1992. The Dan Webster who ran in that race appears to be a different person. The 1992 Democratic Opponent Webster was born August 17, 1958; the current Republican Congressman Webster whose page is linked was born April 27, 1949 (according to his page). ^[1] For that reason, I'm deleting the hyperlink. I'm not a regular editor so I'm not sure if there's anything else to be done when a name referenced is not the most famous person by that name. ~~WAM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.154.222 (talk) 15:19, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=11553

Untitled[edit]

the section on "Election 2006" dosesn't give any information on the subject -- his seat was contested, but he won - unless he ran unopposed in the former elections, this isn't encyclopedic information, but merely hot air. i'm all for taking this out.--87.171.82.32 22:10, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amtrak reform[edit]

What does "Amtrak reform" mean? Does that mean abolishing Amtrak, or removing federal subsidies, or some actual specific agenda to improve it? This ought to be clarified if possible. john k (talk) 01:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated, unexplained deletions[edit]

Two editors have been repeatedly removing this sentence from the article: "In 2009, Mica earmarked $13 million for the Central Commuter Rail, a major initiative supported by one of Mica's daughter's clients.", along with its reference from a WP:Reliable source. Darth Sitges (talk) 16:26, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Policy positions[edit]

I removed this paragraph because it really doesn't say anything about his positions, just that they align with conservative not liberal beliefs.

Mica’s political positions in areas such as abortion, gun control, health care, immigration, business and consumers, and National Security are generally conservative and are rated favorably by interest groups that support Republicans. Some examples of these groups are the National Rifle Association, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, American Security Council Foundation, and the National Right to Life Committee, as well as many others.^{[citation needed]} On the opposing side of these positions are some Democratic-leaning interest groups, who rate John Mica as very low in areas such as abortion, sexual orientation and gay marriage rights, civil liberties and civil rights, and protecting the environment. Some of the interest groups that have given these lower ratings are Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, American Civil Liberties Union, Environment America, Human Rights Campaign, and more. Representative Mica's views have stayed consistent in these and many other areas. One example of an area in which he has changed his ratings is the support of Arts and Humanities. His Americans for the Arts Action Fund ratings increased from 20% and 65% from 2000 to 2008 and then to 100% in 2011.^[1]

Its also very poorly sourced, with one citation that is basically irrelevant. Bangabandhu (talk) 02:34, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Representative John L. Mica's Special Interest Group Ratings". Project Vote Smart.

Orphaned references in John Mica[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of John Mica's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "FL-RESULTS":

From 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida: https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2014&DATAMODE=
From Ted Deutch: "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Retrieved 1 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
From David Jolly: "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

Reference named "results":

From 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida: "Florida Department of State Division of Elections - November 4, 2008 General Election". Secretary of State of Florida. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
From Nick Rahall: "Mooney wins crowded GOP House primary; Capito, Tennant to face off in W.Va. Senate race". Fox News. May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.

Reference named "FDS":

From Florida's 14th congressional district: "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Florida Department of State Department of Elections. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
From 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida: https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/6/2012&DATAMODE=

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:50, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=11553

[Project_Vote_Smart-2] "Representative John L. Mica's Special Interest Group Ratings". Project Vote Smart.

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