Private Second Class gets to give out - as a politician that wouldn't give you a vote of confidence! (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
secret ballot
'a politician that wouldn't give you a vote of confidence' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'private second class gets to give out' is the wordplay.
'private' becomes 'secret' ('secret' can be similar in meaning to 'private'**).
'second class' becomes 'b'.
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'to give out' becomes 'allot' (I've seen this before).
'secret'+'b'+'allot'='SECRET BALLOT'
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for secret ballot that I've seen before include "Voting method here from 1872" , "Vote cast anonymously" .)