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Christian Paz
Senior Politics Reporter
Christian Paz is a senior politics reporter at Vox, where he covers the Democratic Party and the 2024 elections. Based in Washington, DC, he covers the political trends, issues, and movements changing America’s political parties and American identity. He has written about the future of DACA recipients and the Dream Act, the role of crime in elections, the Biden administration’s student loan cancellation policy, and the rising power of Latino voters.
He joined Vox in 2022 after reporting on national and international politics for the Atlantic’s politics, global, and ideas teams, including the role of Latino voters in the 2020 election. When he’s not dreaming of California and his hometown of Los Angeles, he can be reached via email at christian.paz@vox.com and on Twitter at @realcpaz. Have questions about the state of the Democratic Party? You can submit them to Christian, here.
Latest articles by Christian Paz
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
No, Kamala Harris is not a “border czar.” But that doesn’t matter to Republicans.
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Republican National Convention featured plenty of angry rhetoric about immigration. It might find a receptive audience.
![Who shot Trump? What we know about the assassination attempt.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Who shot Trump? What we know about the assassination attempt.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922017.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
This is what happened at the Butler rally, as we understand it right now.
![3 theories for America’s anti-immigrant shift](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910840/GettyImages_1345376912.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.124661246612%2C0%2C67.750677506775%2C100&w=2400)
![3 theories for America’s anti-immigrant shift](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910840/GettyImages_1345376912.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.8%2C100%2C98.4&w=2400)
A recent poll suggests a reversal in a decades-long trend of the public warming to immigrants. What’s causing the shift?
![Is Kamala Harris a better candidate now than she was four years ago?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159025473.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672636103152%2C0%2C66.654727793696%2C100&w=2400)
![Is Kamala Harris a better candidate now than she was four years ago?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159025473.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0089541547277889%2C0%2C99.982091690544%2C100&w=2400)
Harris flopped in 2020, but a lot has changed in four years.
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669530847225%2C0%2C66.660938305551%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042962708369174%2C0%2C99.991407458326%2C100&w=2400)
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
![What about Kamala?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159025387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.676418958455%2C0%2C66.64716208309%2C100&w=2400)
![What about Kamala?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159025387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.014628437682859%2C0%2C99.970743124634%2C100&w=2400)
The vice president has taken on an expanded role in the last few months. Now Biden needs her more than ever.
![Do other Democrats actually poll better against Trump than Biden?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1243996385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Do other Democrats actually poll better against Trump than Biden?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1243996385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What the data says, and what it means.
![Can Democrats replace Biden as their nominee?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158941414.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.651556361438%2C0%2C66.696887277123%2C100&w=2400)
![Can Democrats replace Biden as their nominee?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158941414.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.022655188038065%2C100%2C99.954689623924&w=2400)
![We rewatched the 2020 Trump-Biden debates. There’s so much we didn’t see coming.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1229230492.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.51023890785%2C0%2C66.9795221843%2C100&w=2400)
![We rewatched the 2020 Trump-Biden debates. There’s so much we didn’t see coming.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1229230492.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.23354564755839%2C100%2C99.532908704883&w=2400)
The five most telling moments and what they foreshadow ahead of this week’s rematch.