Why was the South Carolina vote split to just McCain and Huckabee? According to CNN and RCP, the South Carolina delegates were awarded 19 for McCain and 5 for Huckabee while Thompson and Romney got nothing despite both received over 15% of the vote. McCain ended up with 79% of the delegates despite only receiving 33% of the vote. Nevada OTOH, awarded 18 delegates to Romney (53% of delegates) for receiving 51% of the vote; but also gave McCain 4 delegates despite he only received 13% of the vote. What gives?