Democrat with awful malice makes a kind of point (7)
I believe the answer is:
decimal
'a kind of point' is the definition.
'decimal' can be an answer for 'point' (I have seen 'The point' mean 'decimal' so perhaps 'point' could also mean 'decimal'). I am not certain of the 'a kind of' bit.
'democrat with awful malice' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd' ().
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'malice' anagrammed gives 'ecimal'.
'd'+'ecimal'='DECIMAL'
'makes' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decimal that I've seen before include "A point in maths" , "Using powers of ten" , "fraction" , "Based on the number 10" , "Relating to ten" .)