JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul>
    <li>1</li>
    <li>2</li>
    <li>3</li>
    <li>4</li>
    <li>5</li>
    <li>6</li>
    <li>7</li>
    <li>8</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$('ul li:nth-child(2n)').css('color', 'red');