The African American vote is not very important for the Electoral College. In the states where the African American population is big, almost all the whites vote Republican, and then, the Republicans take all the delegates of these states.
New York and Maryland have also high African American population, but in these states, the Democrats win even without the African American vote.
The hispanic vote is much more important for the Electoral College, because there are many hispanics in swing states.
No dude. I can think of many states where that isn't the case. Try Ohio, Florida, Virginia, NC, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan and probably Illinois without Obama on the ballot. Without the black vote, those states probably would have gone Republican (and in NC's case, even more Republican)
