Where is historical politics data?

[datastoat]

Where can I find historical data for Politics exchanges?

I purchased data for "Other sports" for November 2019. I downloaded it all, and I searched for the markets / events I'm interested in -- for example, eventId 29032202 (England Constituencies A-D), or marketId 1.164387328 (Cambridge), but there were no matching files.

I also tried on the website, https://historicdata.betfair.com/#/mydata . If I filter for this eventId, it shows "number of files = 0".

So, where can I find historical politics data? If it's not part of "Other sports", where is it?

[LetsGo]

I was going to say that Politics is not a serious market, but having checked I see that "UK - Next General Election - Overall Majority" has £4.5m matched.

[BetfairDeveloperProgram]

Where can I find historical data for Politics exchanges?

I purchased data for "Other sports" for November 2019. I downloaded it all, and I searched for the markets / events I'm interested in -- for example, eventId 29032202 (England Constituencies A-D), or marketId 1.164387328 (Cambridge), but there were no matching files.

I also tried on the website, https://historicdata.betfair.com/#/mydata . If I filter for this eventId, it shows "number of files = 0".

So, where can I find historical politics data? If it's not part of "Other sports", where is it?

Hi datastoat,.

The Politics data is included in Other Sports but like all markets, this data won't be included in the files via https://historicdata.betfair.com/# until 5 days after settlement of the event.

See below from the FAQ's (https://historicdata.betfair.com/#/help)

How frequently is the data updated?

All data will be made available 5 days after the event settlement time. Markets for an event are made available only once all markets in that event have been settled.

Thanks

Neil

[datastoat]

Thanks for the information!

I had missed the FAQ -- my mistake.

[zozozoz]

Hello,

The Economist seemed to use time series data on political betting odds in November, and credited Betfair for the betting data.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...g-on-the-pound

Is this data available for others to use, and if so how can we access it please?

Thanks!