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Report people voting for socialist order (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyes left

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'report people voting for' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'socialist order' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'socialist' could be 'left' (associated in meaning) and 'left' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'eyes' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for eyes left that I've seen before include "Marching command" , "army command" , "military command" , "Instruction to soldiers to look to one side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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