Democrat's naked charm (4)
I believe the answer is:
draw
'charm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'democrat's naked' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'naked' becomes 'raw' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'raw'='DRAW'
(Other definitions for draw that I've seen before include "Take in (a breath), attraction" , "Pull along; sketch" , "Finish level" , "Design" , "2-2 in game, say" .)