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Princeton University · Political Science

4.2% of Princeton 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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Princeton University: 4.2% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

7%Far left92–100

21%Left75–91

29%Center-left59–74

29%Center42–58

7%Center-right26–41

7%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

14 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.

Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.

Furthest-left subjects

POL 568 · Hegel and Marx100

Political Science

A close study of two of the leading figures of nineteenth century German political theory, G.W.F. Hegel and Karl Marx. Themes to be discussed in connection with these thinkers include: history, freedom, recognition, property, civil society,…

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POL 515 · Socialism before Marx83

Political Science

Socialism is an ideal with a long and complicated history. This seminar examines its origins in the nineteenth century. Drawing on both primary sources and historical scholarship, this course examines socialism as it evolved over its first…

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POL 344 · Race and Politics in the United States75

Political Science

African Americans in the United States have encountered myriad barriers to their quest for inclusion. Drawing on a mix of history and social science, we will come to understand why certain segments of America oppose the full inclusion of…

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Furthest-right subjects

POL 353 · The Politics of Modern Islam22

Political Science

This course examines the political dimensions of Islam. This will involve a study of the nature of Islamic political theory, the relationship between the religious and political establishments, the characteristics of an Islamic state, the…

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POL 412 · Seminar in Political Theory: Capitalism and its Critics33

Political Science

This seminar covers the history and stakes of debates over the meaning, virtues, and vices of capitalism and the free market. It proceeds broadly in two veins. First, students will read canonical modern texts debating the market economy and…

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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
Princeton University · Political Science	bias_left_share	4.2	—	95	—
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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