Actually, folks, the river didn't rise on this election day

The New York Times, 11/9/2016

(Revised headline for online editiona0

Source:  Federal Election Commission (1980-2012), Google (2016)

And no, USA Today, this didn't happen either.

Preliminarily, voter turnout decreased 1.8% compared to 2012, 3.5% compared to 2008.