Moderate politician (8)
I believe the answer is:
centrist
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">moderate politician</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for centrist that I've seen before include "Person who takes a middle-of-the-road political position" , "A middle-of-the-road person in politics" , "One taking the middle ground" , "Moderate politician" , "Politician who takes middle-of-the-road position" .)