Whether piously bowing in prayer, wooing Evangelical pastors or fending off memes linking them to Satanism, President Bolsonaro and rival Lula have turned Brazil's polarising race into a holy war
Bolsonaro , who narrowly trails Lula in the polls, has a huge lead among Evangelicals: 65 percent to 31 percent.
The South American giant of 215 million people is the world's largest Catholic country — more than half its population — and also has a booming, politically powerful Evangelical community, estimated at nearly one-third of the electorate. "Bringing religion into the debate makes the candidates' jobs easier. It's a way to increase voters' rejection of the adversary using issues with strong emotional appeal," said political scientist Leandro Consentino, of Insper university.First lady factor