Mildred Christmas, 60, voted for Barack Obama and Beverly Perdue.
"(Obama) brings about change and new, fresh ideas," Christmas said. "I think that's what the country wants."
She cited Obama's policies on the war in Iraq, the housing crisis, gas prices and inflation as factors that influenced her decision.
In the gubernatorial race, Christmas cited Perdue's experience.
"Bev Perdue has been in the General Assembly for years and hopefully she'll make history as the first woman governor of our state," she said.
She also disagreed with some of the campaign tactics that Hillary Clinton and Richard Moore used.
"I did not like Richard Moore's campaign," Christmas, who is black, said. "He stooped low with his ads. I think that was a big turnoff for the black community."
Some of Clinton's ads had the same effect, she added.
Christmas, a Raleigh local who works for the state's Department of Administration, voted one-stop on Wednesday but was supporting Jack Nichols at the Chavis Center on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
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