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Washington and Lee University · Political Science

7.1% of Washington and Lee University's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.

0%35%
Washington and Lee University: 7.1% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100
0%Left75–91
75%Center-left59–74
25%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
4 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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FramingSubject

Furthest left

POL 255 · Gender and Politics67

Political Science

FDR: SS2 Social Science - Group 2 Distribution Prerequisite: POL 100, POL 105, or POL 111. This course investigates the gendered terms under which women and men participate in political life. Attention is given to the causes of men's and…

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POL 388 · Architecture of Urban Community63

Political Science

FDR: SS2 Social Science - Group 2 Distribution Prerequisite: any POL course numbered between 100 and 199. This seminar investigates the literal and social architecture of democratic community in cities around the globe, examining how the…

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POL 267 · Contemporary Political Philosophy61

Political Science

FDR: SS2 Social Science - Group 2 Distribution Prerequisite: POL 111. The principal aim of this course is to help students understand and think critically about contemporary political life and the crises facing democracy. We examine central…

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Furthest right

None. Washington and Lee University Political Science has 4 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

  • Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
Washington and Lee University · Political Sciencebias_left_share7.1—56—
Political Sciencebias_left_share5.24.8 – 5.612,053—
Formula
100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval
Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot
gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats
Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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