political orientation vs political theory

political orientation and political theory both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of political orientation include ideology.

political orientation (noun)	political theory (noun)
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation