### Clue: Republican in reflective frame of mind visiting downtrodden individual (7)
### Answer: DOORMAT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: downtrodden individual
 [R(abbrev. for a member of the Republican Party) **contained in**(in) **reversal of**(reflective) MOOD(a frame/state of mind/one's prevailing emotions) + AT(visiting/being in a specific place, as in "they were visiting the sights").