Not sure if this is the case, but I had some problem with dropdownboxes not getting selected a few days ago.
The problem is, SelectList works as designed. The bug is in the design. You may set the Selected Property in SelctedItem, but this will completely be ignored, if you traverse the list with the GetEnumerator() ( or if Mvc does that for you).
Mvc will create new SelectfListItems instead.
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