Republican members of Congress continue to trounce Democrats in the contest to host the most town hall meetings, more than doubling Democratic numbers in the first six months of this year.
Lawmakers have hosted 1,335 town halls so far this year, including 945 by Republican members through the end of June and 385 by Democrats, according to LegiStorm data. The figure includes town halls tracked on social media, websites and news articles where the member was a direct participant, either in person, on the phone or online.
Senate Republicans have hosted an average of 3.4 town halls to Democrats' 1.7 during the first six months of 2015. The ratio is similar in the House, with 3.1 town halls on average per Republican and 1.6 per Democrat.
Republican lawmakers also took eight of the top 10 slots for most town halls hosted in the first half of the year. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) leads with 62 town halls, followed by Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) with 41, according to LegiStorm tracking.
This year's score for Republicans versus Democrats so far mirrors a past trend; Republicans hosted 1,751 town halls to Democrats' 990 last year.
