Despite rising economic inequality, public demand for redistribution has not in-creased proportionally. This study investigates how individuals’ attitudes toward redistribution are jointly influenced by their economic position, measured by the wealth-to-income ratio, and their political affiliation. The analysis consists of two components. First, using General Social Survey (GSS) data from 1986 to 2022, the study examines long-term trends in public opinion. While overall support for redistribution has remained relatively stable over the past several decades, a modest upward trend has emerged in recent years, accompanied by increasing po- larization. Fewer Americans now express moderate views, while both high- and low-support groups have grown. Subgroup analyses reveal that women, Black Americans, immigrants, and younger individuals without a college degree consis- tently show stronger and growing support for redistribution. Second, linear regres- sion analyses using survey waves with wealth data (2006, 2014, 2018, and 2022) show that while higher wealth-to-income ratios are initially associated with lower support for redistribution, this relationship becomes statistically insignificant once political party affiliation is included. The results demonstrate that partisan iden- tity moderates the effect of wealth: among Independents, higher wealth associates with lower support for redistribution, consistent with material self-interest theory, while among Democrats and Republicans, political identity appears to override material interest. These findings suggest that political identity conditions how individuals interpret their material standing and that wealth shapes redistributive preferences primarily in the absence of strong partisan cues.