title: Default value Select List
body: <p>I'm trying to set the default option of a Select List in MVC</p>
  
  <p>I'm doing the following but it is not working</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.DropDownListFor(Model =&gt; Model.CandidateOrderLine.SiteId, new SelectList(Model.Customer.Sites, "SiteId", "SiteName", Model.Customer.Sites.Where(x =&gt; x.IsPrimarySite == true).ToString()), "Select Site", new { @class = "form-control", @data_val_required = "Please select a site" })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help with this would be appreciated,</p>
  
  <p>thanks</p>
  
  <p>Chris</p>