政治行為發表了政治行為、制度、過程和政策的一般領域的原始研究。報道的重點是個人或小團體的傳統和非傳統政治行為，以及參與政治進程的大型組織，如政黨、利益集團、政治行動委員會、政府機構和大眾媒體。作為一種跨學科的期刊，政治行為整合了各種不同層次的理論抽象和經驗領域的分析方法。這項探索包括在偏好結構和談判中的經濟觀點；態度、動機和看法的心理方面；角色、群體或階級的社會學取向；或決策、聯盟和影響中的政治立場。

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.