Would rather vote for Macron from France? Mr Rope! (6)
I believe the answer is:
prefer
'rope' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how they can define each other.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prefer that I've seen before include "Like one better than another" , "Like (something) better than another" , "Choose over others" , "Tend to choose (one thing over another)" , "Favour, like better" .)