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College of William and Mary · Political Science

1.7% of College of William and Mary'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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College of William and Mary: 1.7% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100

33%Left75–91

0%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

67%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

3 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

GOVT 372 · American Legal Process75

Political Science

Credits: (3) College Curriculum: COLL 350 This course is intended to provide an introduction to the American legal system. We will examine court functions, the roles of various legal actors, including citizens in their role as jurors, and…

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Furthest-right subjects

GOVT 328 · International Political Economy17

Political Science

Credits: (3) Prerequisite(s): GOVT 204 An analysis of the politics and economics of a selected international policy problem or issue, e.g., international trade and protectionism; the domestic management of inflation and unemployment; the…

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GOVT 482 · Seminar: Geostrategic Thought25

Political Science

Credits: (4) College Curriculum: COLL 400 The course examines the way western commentators have seen the world from a global strategic perspective over the last century. The works of major theorists from Mahan to Kissinger will be examined.

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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
College of William and Mary · Political Science	bias_left_share	1.7	—	59	—
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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