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When rain doesn't sink in or votes don't settle it, you go again.
means Water that flows over land instead of soaking in, or a second election held to break a tie or lack of majority.
from A plain English compound: water that literally runs off the surface, recorded by the 1800s, later borrowed by politics for a deciding rematch.
Watershed villainCarries fertilizer and pesticides into rivers and oceans.
Dead zonesNutrient runoff fuels algae that suffocates aquatic life.
Election senseTriggered when no candidate clears the required majority.
Sport tooA runoff settles tied times in some races.