prediction was the one he made in The Australian on 1 November 2004: he said that John Kerry would defeat George W. Bush in a landslide in the U.S. presidential election the following day, and specifically predicted that Kerry would carry Florida, Ohio, Nevada and Missouri. Further reading Joan Priest, Gentlemen and Scholars: A Biography of the Mackerras Family, Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1986. . External links University staff web site and pendulums Personal Website and Blog References 1939 births Living people Australian journalists People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney) People educated at Sydney Grammar School University of Sydney alumni Australian monarchists Officers of the Order of Australia Psephologists Australian statisticians Australian twins