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Did one's best to influence voters (6)

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I believe the answer is:

strove

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'did one's best' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'influence voters' is the wordplay.
'voters' can be anagrammed to 'STROVE'.
Though, I'm not sure how the anagram is indicated.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for strove that I've seen before include "Tried hard for voters" , "Endeavoured" , "Voters (anag) - made every effort" , "Struggled" , "Made great efforts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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