<footer>
        <div class="container-fluid"> //Necessary?
            <div class="row">  //Necessary?
                <div class="col-md-12">  //Necessary?
                        <ul class="nav navbar-nav" style="text-align:center;">  //Trying to adjust the style to center align
                            <li class="dropdown">
                                <a class="dropdown-toggle" role="button" aria-expanded="false" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">Home <span class="caret"></span></a>
                                <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
                                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Item 1", "Index", "Home", protocol: null, hostName: null, fragment: "item1", routeValues: null, htmlAttributes: null)</li>
                                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Item 2", "Index", "Home", protocol: null, hostName: null, fragment: "item2", routeValues: null, htmlAttributes: null)</li>
                                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Item 3", "Index", "Home", protocol: null, hostName: null, fragment: "item3", routeValues: null, htmlAttributes: null)</li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                            <li>@Html.ActionLink("About", "About", "Home")</li>
                            <li>@Html.ActionLink("Contact", "Contact", "Home")</li>
                        </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
</footer>

<ul class="nav navbar-nav">

footer ul li {
text-align:center;
}

<div class="row" style="text-align:center;">