Sense Of Relief Today At U.K. Polling Places

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May 07, 2015

A dog is pictured outside a polling station in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 7, 2015, as Britain holds a general election. Polls opened Thursday in Britain's closest general election for decades with voters set to decide between the Conservatives of Prime Minister David Cameron, Ed Miliband's Labour and a host of smaller parties. (Ian MacNicol/AFP/Getty Images)

Voters are out and about casting ballots in the parliamentary election today in the United Kingdom. NPR’s Ari Shapiro has been speaking with voters in London, and tells Here & Now's Robin Young that there's a sense of relief that a complicated election season is coming to a close.

Shapiro also talks about how this election is very different from those in years past because this year, fringe parties have given the two major parties - the Labour party and the Tory party - a run for their money. The prediction is that the results will be a hung parliament. In other words, no party will secure a majority vote, and the process could drag on.

Guest

Ari Shapiro, international correspondent for NPR. He tweets @AriShapiro.

This segment aired on May 7, 2015.