JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select name="sweets">
  <option>Chocolate</option>
  <option selected="selected">Candy</option>
  <option>Taffy</option>
  <option>Caramel</option>
  <option>Fudge</option>
  <option>Cookie</option>
</select>
<div class="sweets"></div>

<select name="cars">
  <option>Ford</option>
  <option selected="selected">Jaguar</option>
</select>
<div class="cars"></div>

JavaScript

$( "select" ).change(function () {
    var str = "";
    str = $( "select option:selected" ).text();
    $( "div" ).text( str );
  })
  .change();