. >> next we talk to patrick egan about this book partisan priorities in new york city. in the book professor eagan looks at the issues that the majority of americans agree with better handled by one party or the other and discuss what this means for politics. this is about 20 minutes. >> host: patrick egan, what do you teach at new york university? >> guest: i am in the politics department in the wagoner school. >> host: what classes do you teach? >> guest: i am on sabbatical which is a professor's joy. but we do love our students. i teach public opinion courses and qualitative analysis to our ph d students. >> host: what is qualitative analysis? >> guest: is is numerical analysis of politics. >> host: what do you do an a sabbatical? >> guest: you write another book. or that is one of the things you hope to do. >> host: are you encouraged to publish at new york university? >> guest: absolutely. as a university we have improved our stature over the last 10-20 years because they attract faculty that is focused on research. >> host: what is your book on now? >> guest: how

. >> host: patrick egan was a duty to your university? >> guest: in the politics department with a courtesy appointment in the wagner school. >> what classes are you currently teaching? >> five on sabbatical. i teach courses in public opinion and quantitative analysis. >> host: what is quantitative analysis? >> what has taken over how we cover politics, mainly due caracol analysis of the election. >> what do you do on a sabbatical? >> guest: you write a book. [laughter] that is what you hope to do. >> are you encouraged to publish at york university? >> guest: absolutely. we are a research university we have improved our stature partly because we are devoted to research. >> host: what you currently working on? >> howdy participation and political attitudes of gay americans changed over the course of the last 20 years and with public policy with lgbt and what we typically don't hear is how are gay people responding to how this change to their lives? >> host: what sparked that? >> we did research on lgbt politics and there was not much data

so they are difficult to do and becoming less and less easyism >> reporter: patrick egan, new york, "partisan priorities" thanks for being with us on booktv. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> every week booktv has shows focused on non-fiction authors and books. keep watching here or go online and watch our past shows. booktv asked bookstores about the books they are excited about being published this fall. former secretary of state henry kissenger's thoughts on international affair. and in this changings everything, a report on how climate change affects the economyi economy. and examining how humans transformed the human age and we reecount the director from tinseltown. visit the store in pasadena, california or online at romansbookstore.com. >> three different women in term of age and who they had voted for. michele voted for nadir and then bush and debby does want vote because she doesn't think politici politicians are any good and they deploy together and once they are in afghanistan the differences between them don't seem as important anymore and what becomes important is wha