Yes, in that there is a rigorous method to analyze political problems, there are empirical ways of evaluating public issues, etc.
Yes - it is called political science.
By adopting scientific methodologies and practises in its analyses.
Politics is the process by which people determine who gets what. Political science is the study of that process and variations of that process.
Politics decide the funding for scientific research, and without political backing of an experiment or study, the project would have no funding to conduct said study