Did one's best to influence voters (6)
I believe the answer is:
strove
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strove that I've seen before include "Tried hard for voters" , "Endeavoured" , "Voters (anag) - made every effort" , "Struggled" , "Made great efforts" .)