The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
Although Selina Meyer's political party is never stated in the series, this episode tacitly confirms she is a Democrat. The states Selena wins are colored blue by CNN, the color used by news organizations for Democratic wins, as well as many of her wins coming in heavily Democratic-leaning states like California, New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont. It is also mentioned that she expected to lose Oklahoma, which is one of the most Republican-leaning states.
Lennon Parham (Karen Collins) & Tony Hale (Gary Walsh) also worked together on episode 4.14, Off the Hook (2013), of Arrested Development (2003) as Therapist Sandy & Buster Bluth respectively.