This isn't the sort of thing I relish pointing out, but it strikes me as instructive in this context that Peter Dutton is, simply put, a creepy-looking son of a bitch, and that for better or for worse people physically similar to him tend to struggle with electorates other than that of Florida.
He and the party are comically aware of this btw. What a nice husband and wife photoshoot.
The self-awareness and sense of humor (or sense of something humor-adjacent) about it actually make me like Dutton slightly more, although that's not saying much at all.
