Ms. Winfrey makes only sporadic political appearances and statements, but she visited Georgia on behalf of Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor. She emerged as an aggressive champion for Ms. Abrams and her policies, but focused her most impassioned remarks on voting rights — a message that could reverberate among her still-devoted fans across the country.

“For anybody here who has an ancestor who didn’t have the right to vote, and you are choosing not to vote — wherever you are in this state, in this country, you are dishonoring your family,” said Ms. Winfrey, who, like Ms. Abrams, is a black woman born in Mississippi. “You are disrespecting and disregarding their legacy, their suffering and their dreams when you don’t vote.”

Indeed, Ms. Winfrey’s two appearances in the Atlanta area were designed to help Ms. Abrams galvanize support — and enthusiasm — among voters she must turn out if she is to win on Tuesday: white women from the suburbs, as well as black women. Together, Ms. Winfrey and Ms. Abrams drew hundreds of them on Thursday, as Ms. Abrams’s Republican rival, Brian Kemp, barnstormed the state with Vice President Mike Pence.

Both Ms. Abrams and Mr. Kemp are hoping to avoid a runoff, but polls show the two effectively tied. A Libertarian candidate is also in the race.

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