Hey all-

The politics section of Digg took off and has grown faster than almost any other content area on the site. Since then, we’ve added new categories for political opinion, political news and the 2008 U.S. elections. And, last fall we launched Digg the Candidates as another way to discover news on Digg and to follow content on the candidates and see what they are Digging.

As the U.S. election season hits full swing, we’re bringing this momentum to the upcoming political party conventions in Denver and St. Paul.

Next week at the Democratic National Convention, Digg, along with Google, local organizations, national blogs and others, will be sponsoring the first ever new media center at a major political party convention. The Big Tent will be a place for bloggers, new media journalists and the public to record their experiences from the convention and to hear from top newsmakers on the Digg Stage.

We’re also hosting our first live Townhall direct from The Big Tent on Thursday, August 28th at 4:30 EST/ 1:30 PST. We’ll be sending out a call for questions on the blog shortly.

The following week, we will be at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. We’ve teamed up with MySpace, Rock the Vote and others to sponsor an event with the Impact Film Festival, which is celebrating the power of film to educate people on critical issues facing the world. We’ll be giving away a few free tickets, so be sure to subscribe to our Twitter feed for a chance to attend if you’re in town.

We’ll be taking videos and snapshots from both of the conventions and posting them on Digg, so you can follow all of the activity.

Thanks to all of you for your support in making Digg a great place for the best online content, whatever content you’re into.

Jay