Florida was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 5.01% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered this a swing state.

Despite Tampa having been the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, Obama ultimately carried Florida with 50.01% of the vote, to Romney’s 49.13%, a margin of 0.88%. Having also won the state in 2008, Obama’s 2012 victory made him the first Democratic president since Franklin D.

Florida was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 2.8% margin of victory, making it the first time since 1996 to be won by a Democrat.

On August 27, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party formally nominated Barack Obama to run for the office of the President of the United States of America. Obama would go on to win the presidential election against Republican nominee John McCain.

2004 United States presidential election

Economic issues

• Tax policy.
• Financial crisis and bailout.
• Trade.
• Health care.
• Taxation and budget deficit.
• Social Security.
• Network neutrality.
• Lobbying.

Stimulus. On February 17, 2009, Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a $831 billion economic stimulus package aimed at helping the economy recover from the deepening worldwide recession.

During campaign, by using social media and mobilizing the general public online, Obama was able to raise awareness and financial support of his campaign. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama had more “friends” on Facebook and Myspace and more “followers” on Twitter than his opponent John McCain.

Cabinet officials on January 20, 2017.

Bush, America’s 43rd President (2001-2009), was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, facing the “greatest challenge of any President since Abraham Lincoln.”