The other thing that I will add is that colleges, and Harvard is an example, want to see the honors/AP classes across disciplines.It’s great that D is interested in politics, but Harvard does not expect students to specialize in HS.
I would also caution her if she is doing course selection solely with an eye of maintaining rank. In a class of 420, being #2 or #5 instead of #1 is not the reason she will be rejected, if she is.