Millions of voters cast their ballots in the UK’s first July general election in over 80 years. This is a crunch vote for Britons to decide the director of the country for the next five years.
Exit polls take place at nearly 150 polling stations across the country. Tens of thousands of people are asked to privately fill in a replica ballot as they leave, to get an indication of how they voted. The polling stations have been chosen to be demographically representative of the country. In each of the past few elections, the exit poll has produced a very accurate projection of the actual result.
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