Federal funding and affordability topped connector concerns
Federal funding topped respondents’ macro concerns, followed by affordability/cost of living and AI investment.
Horizontal bar chart showing macro issues selected by RealLIST Connectors survey respondents. Federal funding ranked first with 59 responses, followed by affordability or cost of living with 49, AI investment with 44, immigration and visa restrictions with 27, tariffs and supply chain bottlenecks with 26, higher education issues with 22, and internet regulation with 7.