title: Trying to programmatically set select option value not working
body: <p>I am trying to programmatically set a select list option value as being selected.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;script&gt;
                  if(typeof localStorage.me !== "undefined") {
                      console.log("test");
                      $("#business").val(localStorage.me);
                  }
                  if(typeof localStorage.partner !== "undefined") {
                      $("#partner-business").val(localStorage.partner);
                  }
  
                  $("#page-main").on("change", "#business", function(event) {
                      localStorage.setItem("me", $("#business").val());
                  });
                  $("#page-main").on("change", "#partner-business", function(event) {
                      localStorage.setItem("partner", $("#partner-business").val());
                  });
              &lt;/script&gt;
              &lt;div class="content" data-role="content"&gt;
                  &lt;div data-role="fieldcontain"&gt;
                      &lt;h3 class="select center-h3"&gt;I am a:&lt;/h3&gt;
                      &lt;select name="business" id="business"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="technical"&gt;Technical&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="sales"&gt;Sales&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                  &lt;/div&gt;
                  &lt;div data-role="fieldcontain"&gt;
                      &lt;h3 class="select center-h3"&gt;My partner is a:&lt;/h3&gt;
                      &lt;select name="partner-business" id="partner-business"&gt;
                          &lt;option value="technical"&gt;Technical&lt;/option&gt;
                          &lt;option value="sales"&gt;Sales&lt;/option&gt;
                      &lt;/select&gt;
                  &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to set it based on the option value, but this doesn't seem to work.</p>
  
  <p>How do I set it by the option value and not the name inside the option tags?</p>