title: ASP.NET MVC 4: Select a default value for a DropdowlistFor used on a Strongly type view
body: <p>Maybe the question was already asked, but the answer that i found is not clear.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to select a Default Value of my Dropdown list.
  I have a list of Countries and based on the Region Code retreive via Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture, I would like to select the country of the user.</p>
  
  <p>Will it be possible via my approach:</p>
  
  <p><strong>View</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>@model Question
  @Html.DropDownListFor(b =&gt; b.SelectedAnswer,new SelectList(Model.Answers,"ID","Country"))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Model</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code> public class Question
      {
  
          public int ID { get; set; }
          public string Country { get; set; }
  
          public List&lt;Answer&gt; Answers { get; set; }
          [Required]
          public int SelectedAnswer { get; set; }
          public int Order { get; set; }
  
          public Question()
          {
              Answers = new List&lt;Answer&gt;();
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>