政治行为发表了政治行为、制度、过程和政策的一般领域的原始研究。报道的重点是个人或小团体的传统和非传统政治行为，以及参与政治进程的大型组织，如政党、利益集团、政治行动委员会、政府机构和大众媒体。作为一种跨学科的期刊，政治行为整合了各种不同层次的理论抽象和经验领域的分析方法。这项探索包括在偏好结构和谈判中的经济观点；态度、动机和看法的心理方面；角色、群体或阶级的社会学取向；或决策、联盟和影响中的政治立场。
Political Behavior publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, institutions, processes, and policies. Coverage focuses on conventional and unconventional political behavior of individuals or small groups, and of large organizations that participate in the political process such as parties, interest groups, political action committees, governmental agencies, and mass media.As an interdisciplinary journal, Political Behavior integrates a variety of analytical approaches across different levels of theoretical abstraction and empirical domain. The exploration includes economic perspectives in preference structuring and bargaining; psychological aspects of attitude, motivations and perceptions; sociological orientation of roles, group or class; or political stance in decision making, coalitions and influence.
