There is nothing particularly radical about that. Quite a few countries have systems in which,unless a candidate has over 50 per cent of the votes, people have to vote again.

It is a bit worrying that such a high proportion of the electorate in the most powerful country in the world appear to be off their heads when it comes to politics. Not so much right-wing or left wing, more a case of running round in circles out of touch with reality.

Maybe it comes down to a matter of scale. Democracy really doesn't work too well when things get bigger than small, and the bigger things get the worse it works.