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Lose voter? Terrible for president (9)

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I believe the answer is:

roosevelt

'president' is the definition.
(Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

'lose voter? terrible' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'lose'+'voter'='losevoter'
'losevoter' anagrammed gives 'ROOSEVELT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for roosevelt that I've seen before include "Leading statesman in war" , "Surname of 26th and 32nd US presidents" , "See president" , "Name of two twentieth century US presidents" , "Long-term leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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