"A reform of the Electoral College system would require a Constitutional amendment, and to get a Constitutional amendment passed, it’s necessary to have support from two-thirds of the House and the Senate, or two-thirds of state legislators. That’s an incredibly difficult task, and the Republican party currently holds a majority in both the House and the Senate and state legislators, making it quite unlikely to happen. After all, the party in power has little incentive to change the system that got them there in the first place."

Republicans will pretty much never go for it. They are required to get it passed