@Finn dAbuzz,
You do understand how elections work, right?
Consider a hypothetical state election where on one side are bigoted wackjobs and the other side are a combination of Hispanics and sensible people. If there are more bigoted wackjobs than sensible people and Hispanics, the bigoted wackjobs will win elections. In this case since Hispanics are outnumbered anyway, the percentage of them that vote against the bigoted wackjobs is irrelevant.
Of course in states that have fewer bigoted wackjobs, Hispanics would have an impact even though in the purely hypothetical situation I ask you to consider above the Hispanic vote would be irrelevant.
Of course, a state controlled by bigoted wackjobs is purely hypothetical (I mean who ever heard of a state being run by bigoted wackjobs and lunatic sheriffs). I am just pointing out that it is theoretically possible for the Hispanic vote to be irrelevant in one state and not another even when they are a significant minority in each one.
On a completely different note that has absolutely positively nothing to do with the purely hypothetical situation I describe a above-- what percentage of the Hispanic vote do you think Arizona governor Jan Brewer received when she was elected?