No, Democrats are not ‘unskewing’ polls like Republicans did in 2012

Now get ready: With election day approaching and multiple poll aggregators predicting a Senate takeover for the GOP, we’re about to see the rise of a story line in which desperate Democrats are supposedly trying to “unskew” the polls themselves. Which would be interesting and ironic, if it were actually happening. But it isn’t.

This morning, Nate Silver has a post that may set off a wave of mockery toward Democrats not only from conservatives but from journalists as well. Here’s an excerpt from Silver’s piece: