Oddly, Hoover now wild about Democratic Party in US (7)

I believe the answer is:

hoedown

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'party in us' is the definition.
'hoedown' can be an answer for 'party' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'in us' bit.

'oddly hoover now wild about democratic' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'democratic' becomes 'd' (political abbreviation).
The alternate letters of 'hoover' are 'hoe'.
'now' is an anagram of 'own'.
'own' enclosing 'd' is 'down'.
'hoe'+'down'='HOEDOWN'

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(Other definitions for hoedown that I've seen before include "Barn-dance" , "Woodhen (anag.)" , "Square 20" , "Lively folk dance (US)" , "Boisterous American folk dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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