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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%.

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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

22%Center-left59–74

44%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

22%Right9–25

11%Far right0–8

9 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

POL 388 · Architecture of Urban Community72

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 255 · Gender and Politics70

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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Furthest-right subjects

POL 286 · Contemporary South Africa Politics0

Political Science

FDR: SS2 Social Science - Group 2 Distribution Prerequisite: instructor consent. Corequisite: INTR 453 - International Internship This summer, study abroad course examines post-apartheid politics of South Africa. Our initial focus is on the…

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POL 267 · Contemporary Political Philosophy25

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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POL 386 · Poli-Wood: Indian Epics, Myth, and Cinema as Political Philosophy25

Political Science

FDR: HU Humanities Distribution Prerequisite: POL 111. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the two major Classical Indian (Hindu) epics, Mahabharata and Ramayana, while reading them as works of political thought with…

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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

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Washington and Lee University · Political Science	bias_left_share	7.1	—	56	—
Political Science	bias_left_share	5.2	4.8 – 5.6	12,053	—

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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