Replying to Electronic music in the US vs. Elsewhere

Firstly, don't complain about this not being in Media and Arts, because I don't really think it belongs there.

Short story:
Last night I was in charge of putting together a playlist for a party and, I knew based on the people that would be there, that I would basically have to include a bunch of the really lame, overplayed, mainstream hip-hop and pop songs.  So I included those, but also I wanted to put some unique stuff in people's heads so I included some electronic music (Deadmau5, Basshunter, MGMT and some dubstep).  When these electronic songs came on people actually complained about them!  What the heck?!  They said they couldn't dance to them, and then they proceeded to skip them until they found something they thought was better.

All that to say, why is it that people don't like electronic music at parties (in the US)?  The beats are definitely strong enough to dance to, and the music is usually very high energy.  I don't get it...

Spark notes: Played electronic music at party, people didn't like it, why isn't electronic music that popular in the US?