Vote in front of rude American girl (7)
I believe the answer is:
electra
'girl' is the definition.
'vote in front of rude american' is the wordplay.
'vote in' becomes 'elect' (I've seen this in another clue).
'front of' indicates taking the first letters (the letter at the front of the word).
The first letters of 'rude american' is 'ra'.
'elect'+'ra'='ELECTRA'
(Other definitions for electra that I've seen before include "female in tragedy" , "Mourning Becomes ____ (play cycle Eugene O'Neill)" , "Sister of Orestes" , "complex character" , "Female avenger" .)