diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrTable.mjs b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrTable.mjs
index 5683f2621b1..f9d34a173e9 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrTable.mjs
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrTable.mjs
@@ -676,16 +676,19 @@ function getStatusIcon(statusClass) {
   switch (statusClass) {
     case "approved":
     case "contributed":
-      return "✓"; // U+2713
     case "missing":
     case "provisional":
     case "unconfirmed":
-      return "✘"; // U+2718
+      return cldrText.get(`status_${statusClass}`);
     case "inherited-provisional":
     case "inherited-unconfirmed":
-      return "↑"; // U+2191
+      return (
+        cldrText.get(`status_inherited`) +
+        "\u200B" +
+        getStatusIcon(statusClass.split("-")[1])
+      );
     default:
-      return "?"; // U+003F
+      return "\ufffd";
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrText.mjs b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrText.mjs
index 9e8faa7f4e3..8ab0b9973c0 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrText.mjs
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/esm/cldrText.mjs
@@ -471,6 +471,14 @@ const strings = {
   report_notAcceptable: "Not Acceptable",
   report_missing: "Missing",
 
+  // for approval status, see VoteResolver.Status
+  status_approved: "✅\uFE0F",
+  status_contributed: "☑️",
+  status_provisional: "✖️",
+  status_unconfirmed: "❌\uFE0F",
+  status_missing: "🕳️",
+  status_inherited: "⬆️",
+
   special_about: "About Survey Tool",
   special_announcements: "Announcements",
   special_account: "Account Settings",
diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/index.js b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/index.js
index c94442877f2..cbfde3f5e79 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/index.js
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/js/src/index.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 // This file gets bundled into bundle.js’s cldrBundle global
 // From there, it is imported by SurveyTool.includeJavaScript()
 
-// global stylesheets
-import "./css/cldrForum.css";
-import "../../../cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/tool/reports.css";
-
 // module stylesheets need to go here. See cldrVue.mjs
 // example: import 'someModule/dist/someModule.css'
 import "ant-design-vue/dist/antd.min.css";
 
+// global stylesheets
+import "./css/cldrForum.css";
+import "../../../cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/tool/reports.css";
+import "../../../cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/surveytool.css";
+import "../../../cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/css/redesign.css";
+
 import * as cldrGui from "./esm/cldrGui.mjs";
 import * as cldrVue from "./esm/cldrVue.mjs";
 import * as cldrMonitoring from "./esm/cldrMonitoring.mjs";
diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/SurveyTool.java b/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/SurveyTool.java
index ffe052fa03d..ddde577fe54 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/SurveyTool.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/SurveyTool.java
@@ -209,21 +209,12 @@ private void serveRunnningNormallyPage(
 
     private void includeCss(HttpServletRequest request, PrintWriter out) {
         final String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
-        final String cb = getCacheBustingExtension(request);
-        out.write(
-                "<link rel='stylesheet' href='" + contextPath + "/surveytool" + cb + ".css' />\n");
         /*
          * Note: cldrForum.css is loaded through webpack
          */
         // bootstrap.min.css -- cf. bootstrap.min.js elsewhere in this file
         out.write(
                 "<link rel='stylesheet' href='//stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootswatch/3.1.1/spacelab/bootstrap.min.css' />\n");
-        out.write(
-                "<link rel='stylesheet' href='"
-                        + contextPath
-                        + "/css/redesign"
-                        + cb
-                        + ".css' />\n");
     }
 
     private static final String DD_CLIENT_TOKEN = System.getenv("DD_CLIENT_TOKEN");
diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/surveytool.css b/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/surveytool.css
index 84c82fa3a96..b5155254f95 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/surveytool.css
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/src/main/webapp/surveytool.css
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ The the following can work here:
 
 */
 
-/* Kashmiri and Urdu are typically in Nastaliq. Kashmiri in particular uses a letter that is 
+/* Kashmiri and Urdu are typically in Nastaliq. Kashmiri in particular uses a letter that is
    not rendered correctly in Noto Naskh (see CLDR-16595) */
 
 :lang(ks), :lang(ur) {
@@ -2376,8 +2376,9 @@ span.pathChunk:after
 }
 
 .statuscell {
-	text-align: center;
-	font-weight: bold;
+	text-align: right;
+	font-family: emoji !important;
+	font-variant-emoji: emoji;
 }
 
 .voteDiv .winningStatus  {