… Mandela was absolutely determined to lead a modern, cutting-edge campaign, drawing heavily on research to achieve his goals. He was also desperate to learn. Amazingly, he would sit through a two-hour presentation on a national poll, watch a focus group from behind a glass wall and page through graphs […] Read more »

Nelson Mandela’s passing on Thursday marks the end of a life that symbolized the potential for peace and progress in sub-Saharan Africa. … In 2010, Gallup asked South Africans whether their families were better off than they had been prior to the abolition of apartheid 16 years earlier. More than […] Read more »

Our opportunity to work for Nelson Mandela is the most important thing many of us have ever done. He was a transforming leader but also a unique person of such judgment, strong will, and unwavering commitment to justice—not just in South Africa but instinctively. … He was pragmatic, respectful of […] Read more »

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and human rights icon, has died. He was 95. In his lifetime, Mandela was routinely regarded by Americans as one of the “most admired” people in the world, according to decades of Gallup polls. In annual polls going back to 1946, Mandela has […] Read more »