JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

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HTML

<select id="Cars">
      <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
      <option value="saab">Saab</option>
      <option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
      <option value="audi">Audi</option>    
</select>
<br/>
<input type="button" id="tryMe" name="tryMe" value="try me" />

JavaScript

$('#Cars').val('saab');