JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div>
<p id="foo">
<span></span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="queryS"></div>
<div id="jquery"></div>
JavaScript
var foo = document.getElementById("foo");
var jquery = $(foo).find("div span").length;
var queryS = foo.querySelectorAll('div span').length;
$("#queryS").html( "QuerySelector: " + queryS + " Element found!");
$("#jquery").html("jQuery: " + jquery + " Elements found!");