It’s election season, and in case you did not know, a candidate’s attitudes toward establishes entities can matter very much in deciding who becomes the next president.

If you take a look behind the scenes, there is a trend for a number of the candidates: they like to exploit religion to gain a voter base for the Iowa caucuses.

Why do I say this? Let us first take a look at Sen. Ted Cruz. According to religious source Christian Today, the Texas senator grew up with religion every day as a pastor’s son. Likeable among the Tea Party Republicans, he blasts all that Obama has been known for, he has exploited his Southern Baptist roots; including announcing his presidential candidacy at Liberty University and of course spoke of his roots during that speech.

While Florida Sen. Marco Rubio did not have the 1st place finish that Cruz had for Iowa, Rubio has at least attempted to a degree to use his association with the Roman Catholic Church to gain a pro-life audience; as well as his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Next, we have former Gov. Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor used religion-exploiting as recent as Sept. 2015; while celebrating the jail release of county court clerk Kim Davis, who refused to give a marriage certificate to a same-sex couple, citing her disagreement with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year on same-sex marriage.

A seminary dropout, Huckabee has also used has also made a fuss about religion, citing his experience as an ordained minister as a reason to be elected president.

Does that sound like a legitimate resume-builder to you?

Last but not least, we have Donald Trump.

The billionaire and former host of The Apprentice TV show has a rather unconventional way of supporting religion. Instead of making a fuss about organized religion’s social issues, Trump rather uses his famous Trump-ish way of talking about an issue such as that.

He told CNN on The Lead with Jake Tapper, “I have a very great relationship with God; I have a very great relationship with evangelical voters.”

Due to Trump’s second place Iowa finish, his statement obviously can be called into question.

Trump has insisted these comments to Tapper, despite his “not an active member” church attendance in Marble Collegiate Church in South Carolina, according to his family minister.

Do any of these candidates sound like they are exploiting an issue, which is held private to many Americans, just to gain the evangelical Iowa vote? I sure think so, and with a little research, political exploitation can be uncovered.