There are less than three weeks remaining in the 2016 United States Presidential race.

As the third and final debate came to a close this week, Americans in Oxfordshire congregated at Christ Church to watch the heated discussion between the candidates.

Roughly 224,000 Americans live in the United Kingdom, and many in Oxford are getting involved in the Presidential race.

A number of organisations campaign for Americans overseas to register to vote and send in so-called 'absentee ballots' to count their bid for the future president.

The majority of those present at the debate screening Thursday evening had already mailed their ballots overseas. Regardless of political affiliation, it is clear that this election is one for the history books.

Bill Barnard, Alabama native and former Chair of Democrats Abroad, now living in Banbury Road, Oxford, said: “In the modern world, since the United States became a major world power, you’ve never seen an election conducted the way this one is.

"Quite frankly, it’s embarrassing for American democracy. It damages the image of the ability of the U.S. to serve as an inspiration for other countries.

"There is a great sway of the population who hasn’t felt the economic rebound of 2008, who felt left behind and ignored. They feel anxious about the economic situation but they’re uncomfortable with change.

"The US is changing dramatically over a very short period of time.

"It’s not the US they grew up in, and they feel alienated.

“Those are the people Trump is appealing to.”

Mr Trump has garnered an unprecedented amount of success over the last year, but as the race comes to a head, he’s lost a number of important supporters due to his controversial statements about his treatment of women, and the state of American democracy.

At the final debate, Trump insinuated that he could not commit to accepting the results of the “rigged” election.

In tapes recently released by NBC, Mr Trump is heard on a tape in 2005 stating: “I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”

Visiting student Kelsi Parsons, who is getting her degree in political science and gender studies, was particularly concerned about Mr Trump’s interjection during this debate in which he called Mrs Clinton a “nasty woman”.

She said: “When she heard that, you can just tell how many times this has happened to her. She’s always the 'nasty woman'.

“I’m not a huge fan of parties, and I do feel constrained as a voter in this election by only having two candidates.

“It seems to me there’s a lot on the table and not a lot being proposed.

“I think watching from afar, you feel more of an obligation to get involved. If I’m here and I don’t vote, how does that reflect on me?”

After more than a year of campaigning, voting takes place on November 8.