Money and politics are often tied together with governmental policies that can directly affect your wallet. As the election season heats up, both candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, begin to elaborate on their potential economic policies once they take office. How will each candidate directly affect your bottom dollar? Yahoo Finance Host Akiko Fujita is joined alongside Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman and Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul for Capitol Gains to discuss the current race for president, the difference between 2024 vs 2020 Kamala Harris, and the impacts each candidate has made so far. Later on, they are joined by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Brian Reidl to give insight into the record national debt and take a deep dive into how each candidate may help or inflate the debt once they take office. Yahoo Finance’s Capitol Gains premiers at a pivotal time for investors. A presidential election looms on the horizon, and the stability of the economy remains one of the biggest issues for most Americans; especially the shape of the platforms for both the incumbent and challenger.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices