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Protest singer on coke's a party type (8)

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I believe the answer is:

democrat

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'a party type' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'protest singer on coke's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'protest' could be 'demo' (demonstration) and 'demo' is found in the answer.
'singer' could be 'rat' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'rat' is found in the answer.
'coke' could be 'c' (synonyms) and 'c' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for democrat that I've seen before include "Member of US political party" , "Populist" , "One who believes in government by the whole people" , "Believer in popular government" , "US political party supporter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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