[sparklite2]

The dictionary doesn't think there's any difference between prophecy and prediction.

noun

noun: prophecy; plural noun: prophecies

1. a prediction.

   "a bleak prophecy of war and ruin"

the faculty, function, or practice of prophesying.

"the gift of prophecy"

synonyms:

divination, fortune-telling, crystal-gazing, prediction, second sight, prognostication, augury, soothsaying "the gift of prophecy"

[GregoTX]

Well then I stand corrected. Seems wrong to make political prophecies instead of predictions, but I guess that is just me.