I can see your point, although I don’t think polls at this stage in the process have any meaning other than wish-fulfillment for the persons conducting the poll. We’ll have polls that matter when the primaries begin!
Regarding the WoT, I honestly don’t see why Rudy should be considered a particularly strong choice. He has no government experience of defense, and his role post-9/11 was disaster recovery and confidence-building, not defense (and even less, offense).
What, specifically, do you anticipate he would do, as President, to make us safer from jihadist attacks?
Arm the militia with government funded guns? Isn't that our right? /sarcasm off