Vote for Republican in charge -- that's shocking (8)
I believe the answer is:
electric
'shocking' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'vote for republican in charge' is the wordplay.
'vote for' becomes 'elect' (vote for in an election).
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation in US politics).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'elect'+'r'+'ic'='ELECTRIC'
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for electric that I've seen before include "Emotionally charged" , "Thrillingly exciting" , "Tense" , "describing power supplies?" , "as fans may be?" .)