Defeated by the democratic process? (8)

I believe the answer is:

outvoted

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'defeated by the democratic process?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'defeated by the democratic process?' is the wordplay.
'defeated' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the democratic' becomes 'd' (political abbreviation).
'process?' becomes 'vote' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'd' after 'vote' is 'voted'.
'out'+'voted'='OUTVOTED'

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