Is it possible to center text in select box?

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I tried this: http://jsfiddle.net/ilyaD/KGcC3/

HTML:

<select name="state" class="ddList">
    <option value="">(please select a state)</option>
    <option class="lt" value="--">none</option>
    <option class="lt" value="AL">Alabama</option>
    <option class="lt" value="AK">Alaska</option>
    <option class="lt" value="AZ">Arizona</option>
    <option class="lt" value="AR">Arkansas</option>
    <option class="lt" value="CA">California</option>
    <option class="lt" value="CO">Colorado</option>
</select>

CSS:

select { width: 400px; text-align: center; }
select .lt { text-align: center; }

As you can see, it doesn’t work. Is there a CSS-only way to center text in the select-box?

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