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Politician's card to me garbled (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

democrat

'politician's' is the definition.
(Democrat is an example)

'card to me garbled' is the wordplay.
'garbled' indicates an anagram.
'card'+'to'+'me'='cardtome'
'cardtome' with letters rearranged gives 'DEMOCRAT'.

(Other definitions for democrat that I've seen before include "Political type" , "Believer in popular government" , "Person who believes in government by and for the people" , "Believer in government of, for and by the people" , "Member of US political party" .)

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