political orientation vs ideology

political orientation and ideology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
political orientation	Yes	No	No	No
ideology	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, political orientation and ideology are synonyms defined as:

political orientation and ideology: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

Other synonyms of political orientation include political theory.

political orientation (noun)	ideology (noun)
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
	imaginary or visionary theorization