JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.js"></script>
<select id="foo">
<option id="bar" value="blob">Blob</option>
</select>
JavaScript
$('#foo').val();
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.js"></script>
<select id="foo">
<option id="bar" value="blob">Blob</option>
</select>
$('#foo').val();