Analysis: How well-managed was the U.S. election? Scoring five key areas

FILE PHOTO: Carri Dusza, a supporter of President Donald Trump, holds a placard stating "LEGAL VOTES ONLY" while shouting across the street at supporters of President-elect Joe Biden the day after a presidential election victory was called for Biden, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans took to the polls last Tuesday for what many expected to be a contentious and possibly even violent general election.

Republican President Donald Trump claimed beforehand, without evidence, that voter fraud could hand the presidency to Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Democrats sounded alarms that voter intimidation and efforts to cast suspicion on mail-in ballots by Republicans would discourage minorities, in particular, from voting.