Politician's card to me garbled (8)
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" .)