Despite Tampa having been the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention , Barack Obama ultimately carried the state of Florida with 50.01 % of the vote , to Mitt 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. Roosevelt to carry Florida for the Democrats in two consecutive presidential elections and , thus , the first nominated candidate from the Democratic Party to win the state more than once
2012 Republican National Convention
2012 Republican National Convention
2012 United States presidential election in Florida