I strongly urge everyone to get into the habit of calling Condorcet methods Instand Round Robin (IRR) methods. The Instant Round Robin name is far more descriptive than "Condorcet". I think the concept of a round robin tournament is widely understood, even among people who are not sports fans. The general public will feel a lot more comfortable with a voting method that is tied to a familiar concept (round robin tournaments), than to a method with an unfamiliar name that a lot of Americans don't even know how to pronounce.
Instant Round Robin Voting (IRRV) is another possible name, almost equally good. I think IRR is slightly preferable to IRRV because 1) it's shorter 2) IRRV might be mis-heard as IRV, and IRRV might be mistaken as a typo for IRV. IRR is a little less likely to be confused with IRV, I think. Similarly, the Condorcet Winner could be called the Beats-All Winner. It's a lot easier for a newcomer to the subject of election methods to understand and remember the idea of a Beats-All Winner than a Condorcet Winner. - Jan ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
