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Minutes after the UK polls close late Thursday evening, Brits will have a good idea of who their next prime minister will be. The exit poll announcement usually takes place at 10pm, with many so confident about the poll’s prediction they’ll resume normal programming. The system has been in place for decades, but a new method means that Brits can go to bed on Thursday night being fairly sure of which government they’ll awake to the following morning. The New Arab takes a look at the UK’s unique polling system. What is an exit poll? An exit poll is a polling system that takes a bite size sample …