@html.dropdownlistfor() Always Displays Blank Even With A List Item Selected

I'm working through a Pluralsight course https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/full-stack-dot-net-developer-fundamentals/table-of-contents Part of this is a form which retur

Solution 1:

Solution found: Site.css contains

.form-control {
    font-size: 17px;
    padding: 20px15px;
    -ms-border-radius: 9px;
    border-radius: 9px;
}

The padding entry is causing this issue.