Although Joffe, along with Lenin and Trotsky, opposed the Bolsheviks' participation in the consultative Pre-parliament created by the Democratic Conference, the motion was carried by the majority of Bolshevik deputies at the Democratic Conference and Joffe was made a Bolshevik member of the Pre-parliament.
Meskipun Joffe, bersama dengan Lenin dan Trotsky, menentang partisipasi Bolshevik dalam pra-parlementer konsultatif yang dibuat oleh Konferensi Demokrat, gerakan tersebut dilakukan oleh mayoritas deputi-deputi Bolshevik dan Joffe menjadi anggota Bolshevik dari pra-parlementer. ^ See Albert S. Lindemann.